Using small-area estimation to describe county-level disparities in mammography

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Schneider, Karen L ^a   Lapane, Kate L ^b   Clark, Melissa A ^c   Rakowski, William ^c  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349114933     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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