A randomized controlled calendar mail-out to increase cancer screening among urban American Indian and alaska native patients

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-554

  Doorenbos, Ardith Z ^a   Jacobsen, Clemma ^a   Corpuz, Rebecca ^b   Forquera, Ralph ^b   Buchwald, Dedra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Seattle Indian Health Board   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Cancer; Controlled trial; Health disparities; Prevention; Randomized; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ART; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; ART; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; POSTAL SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855144200     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0217-z     Document Type: Article

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