Gender differences in utilization of preventive care services in the united states

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-145

  Vaidya, Varun ^a   Partha, Gautam ^a   Karmakar, Monita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856674514     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.2876     Document Type: Review

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