Urban-rural differences in a population-based breast cancer screening program in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-86

  Stamenić, Valerija ^a   Strnad, Marija ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CROATIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROATIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79951843164     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.76     Document Type: Article

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