Is Canadian women's breast cancer screening behaviour associated with having a family doctor?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Poole, Barbara ^a,b   Black, Charlyn ^b   Gelmon, Karen ^a   Kan, Lisa ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 77951655980     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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