Predictors of Participation in Mammography Screening among Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic White, and Hispanic Women
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Predictors of Participation in Mammography Screening among Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic White, and Hispanic Women
INTRODUCTION Many factors influence women's decisions to participate in guideline-recommended screening mammography. We evaluated the influence of women's socioeconomic characteristics, health-care access, and cultural and psychological health-care preferences on timely mammography screening participation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A random digit dial survey of United States non-Hispanic Black, n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00188