Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 425-433 , November 2009

One More Hurdle to Increasing Mammography Screening: Pubescent, Adolescent, and Prior Mammography Screening Experiences

  • Eileen Thomas, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Eileen Thomas, Assistant Professor, UCDenver, College of Nursing, 13121 E 19th Avenue, Room 4311, Mail Stop: C288-18, Aurora, CO 80045; Phone: 303 724-8540; Fax: 303 724-8560.
    • ,
  • LaToya Usher, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Federal Bureau of Prisons, Lexington, Kentucky

Received 11 November 2008 ,Revised 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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 Supported by a funding from NIH/NINR: 1-R15 as part of a larger study.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00070-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.07.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 425-433 , November 2009

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