Integrating age and comorbidity to assess screening mammography utilization

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-234

  Tan, Alai ^a,b   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a,b   Goodwin, James S ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857216921     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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