Breast cancer stage at diagnosis among medically underserved women screened through the Texas breast and cervical cancer services

Population Health Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 202-210

  Rajan, Suja S ^a   Begley, Charles E ^a   Kim, Bumyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; SOCIAL STATUS; TEXAS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SERVICES PROGRAM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 84906245494     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2013.0079     Document Type: Article

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