Is unhealthy substance use associated with failure to receive cancer screening and flu vaccination? A retrospective cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lasser, Karen E ^a,b   Kim, Theresa W ^a,c   Alford, Daniel P ^a,c   Cabral, Howard ^a,b   Saitz, Richard ^a,b,c   Samet, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79955903348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2010-000046     Document Type: Article

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