Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 80-88 , March 2006

Preventive health examinations: A comparison along the rural–urban continuum

  • Sharon Larson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sharon Larson, PhD, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, One Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1010, Rockville, MD 20850.
    • ,
  • Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland

Received 31 August 2004 ,Revised 10 November 2005 ,Accepted 28 November 2005.

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PII: S1049-3867(06)00019-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.03.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 80-88 , March 2006

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