Screening Mammography and Pap Tests Among Older American Women 1996-2000: Results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD)
Open Access
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 1 (4) , 209-217
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.54
Abstract
BACKGROUND We wanted to determine the frequency of self-reported receipt of screening mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) tests in older women and investigate important predictors of utilization, based on 2 national longitudinal surveys.Keywords
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