Impact of cognitive impairment on screening mammography use in older US women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1917-1923

  Mehta, Kala M ^a,b   Fung, Kathy Z ^b   Kistler, Christine E ^a,b   Chang, Anna ^a,b   Walter, Louise C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956563671     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158485     Document Type: Article

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