Receipt of cancer screening services: Surprising results for some rural minorities

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-72

  Bennett, Kevin J ^a,b   Probst, Janice C ^b   Bellinger, Jessica D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Health disparities; Health services research; Rural; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855297103     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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