Barriers to mammography screening in a managed care population

Public Administration and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-39

  Ahmed, Nasar U ^a   Fort, Jane ^b   Malin, Alecia ^b   Hargreaves, Margaret ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual physical checkup; Attitude to health; Clinical breast exam; Health personnel; Mammography; Managed care programs; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949393649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10870091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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