A mobile mammography pilot project to increase screening among Latina women of low socioeconomic status

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 765-771

  Massin Short, Sarah B ^a   Grullón, Minerva A ^b   Judge, Christine M ^a   Ruderman, Karen R ^c   Grullón, Milagro ^d   Lora, Vilma ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YWCA of Greater Lawrence   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d City of Lawrence Mayor's Health Task Force   (United States)

^e Women's Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77957954240     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500521     Document Type: Review

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