Health Care Utilization by Canadian Women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 4, Issue Suppl 1, 2004, Pages

  Kazanjian, Arminée ^a   Morettin, Denise ^b   Cho, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Health Services and Policy Research   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Community Health Survey; Clinical Breast Examination; Health Care Utilization; Health Service Utilization; Primary Care Provider

Indexed keywords

EID: 85202700856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-4-S1-S33     Document Type: Article

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