Geographic access to mammography screening centre and participation of women in the Quebec Breast Cancer Screening Programme

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 861-867

  St Jacques, Sylvie ^a   Philibert, Mathieu D ^a   Langlois, Andre ^a   Daigle, Jean Marc ^a   Pelletier, Eric ^a   Major, Diane ^a   Brisson, Jacques ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WOMENS HEALTH;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACCESS TO HLTH CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER: BREAST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO HLTH CARE; CANCER: BREAST; SCREENING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84885470447     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202614     Document Type: Article

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