Presence, characteristics and equity of access to breast cancer screening programmes in 27 European countries in 2010 and 2014. Results from an international survey

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 250-263

  Deandrea, S ^a   Molina Barcelo A ^b   Uluturk, A ^a   Moreno, J ^b   Neamtiu, L ^a   Peiro Perez R ^b,c   Saz Parkinson, Z ^a   Lopez Alcalde, J ^c,d,e   Lerda, D ^a   Salas, D ^b,f  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Vaccine Research   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA   (Spain)

^f Dirección General de Salud Pública   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Early detection of cancer; Europe; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84985993320     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.08.021     Document Type: Article

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