Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 434-445 , November 2009

Screening Mammography: A Cross-Sectional Study to Compare Characteristics of Women Aged 40 and Older From the Deep South Who Are Current, Overdue, and Never Screeners

  • Ellen D.S. Lopez, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, and The Center for Alaska Native Health Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ellen D. S. Lopez, MPH, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO 756480, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6480; Phone: (907) 474-7318; Fax: (907) 474-5781.
    • ,
  • Amal J. Khoury, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services Administration, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Amy B. Dailey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • ,
  • Allyson G. Hall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • ,
  • Latarsha R. Chisholm, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Received 30 November 2008 ,Revised 25 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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 Funded by a grant from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00076-0

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.07.008

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 434-445 , November 2009

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