Disparities in receipt of screening tests for cancer, diabetes and high cholesterol in Ontario, Canada: A population-based study using area-based methods

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Borkhoff, Cornelia M ^a,b,c   Saskin, Refik ^a,c   Rabeneck, Linda ^a,c,d,e,f   Baxter, Nancy N ^a,c,g   Liu, Ying ^a   Tinmouth, Jill ^a,c,d,h   Paszat, Lawrence F ^a,c,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; Early detection of cancer; Health care disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884679381     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3699     Document Type: Article

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