Increasing breast and cervical cancer screening in low-income women

MPH Dr. Karen L. Margolis MD, MSPH Nicole Lurie MD, Paul G. McGovern, Mary Tyrrell RN, Jonathan S. Slater
Published 1998 in Journal of General Internal Medicine

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OBJECTIVE: To determine if women would have higher breast and cervical cancer screening rates if lay health advisers recommended screening and offered a convenient screening opportunity. DESIGN: Controlled trial. SETTING: Urban county teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Women aged 40 years and over attending appointements in several non-primary-care outpatient… (More)

DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00161.x

PZ Siegel, EL Frazier, P Mariolis, RM Brackbill, C. Smith
2000

Increasing breast and cervical cancer screening in low-income women

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