Delay in diagnostic testing after abnormal mammography in low-income women

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-715

  Wujcik, Debra ^a,b   Shyr, Yu ^c,d   Li, Ming ^d   Clayton, Margaret F ^e   Ellington, Lee ^e   Menon, Usha ^f   Mooney, Kathi ^e  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cancer Center Biostatistics   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT; POVERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74949089613     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.709-715     Document Type: Article

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