Decreasing disparities in breast cancer screening in refugee women using culturally tailored patient navigation

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1463-1468

  Percac Lima, Sanja ^a   Ashburner, Jeffrey M ^a   Bond, Barbara ^b,c   Oo, Sarah A ^a   Atlas, Steven J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer screening; disparities; patient navigation; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT NAVIGATION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885956348     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2491-4     Document Type: Article

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