Factors associated with delays to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in women in a louisiana Urban safety net hospital

Women and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 705-718

  Williams, Donna L ^a   Tortu, Stephanie ^a   Thomson, Jessica ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer disparities; Early detection; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUISIANA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650276545     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2010.530928     Document Type: Article

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