The low uptake of breast screening in cities is a major public health issue and may be due to organisational factors: A Census-based record linkage study

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 460-463

  Kinnear, H ^a   Rosato, M ^a   Mairs, A ^b   Hall, C ^b   O'Reilly, D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Cities; Equity; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80052461642     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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