Physician supply and breast cancer survival

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Gorey, Kevin M ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^b   Fung, Karen Y ^a   Bartfay, Emma ^c   Hamm, Caroline ^d   Wright, Frances C ^e   Balagurusamy, Madhan ^a   Holowaty, Eric J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74549114404     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090064     Document Type: Article

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