Screening mammography use in medicare beneficiaries reflects 4-year mortality risk

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Koya, Deepika L ^a,b,d   Chen, John G ^a,b,c   Smith, Tom G ^a   Moran, William P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952961464     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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