Enhancing screening and early detection among women transitioning to Medicare from the NBCCEDP in Georgia

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 795-803

  Adams, E Kathleen ^a   Bayakly, A Rana ^b   Berzen, Alissa K ^b   Blake, Sarah ^a   Joski, Peter ^a   Li, Chunyu ^c   Hall, Ingrid J ^c   Sabatino, Susan A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Epidemiology Research Program   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammography; Medicare; NBCCEDP

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84939949181     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0560-1     Document Type: Article

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