The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: 25 Years of public health service to low-income women

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 653-656

  Lantz, Paula M ^a   Mullen, Jewel ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Early detection; Health policy; Public health; Screening

Indexed keywords

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84937764005     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0565-9     Document Type: Article

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