American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 30.e1-30.e7 , July 2011

Attitudes of women in their forties toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines: a randomized trial on the effects of media exposure

Presented as a poster at the 59th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, April 30-May 4, 2011, Washington, DC.

  • AuTumn S. Davidson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: AuTumn Davidson, MD, PGy3, University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Obstetrics-Gynecology Resident, 119 Belmont St., Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
    • ,
  • Xun Liao, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • ,
  • B. Dale Magee, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • Division of Public Health, Worcester, MA

Received 7 January 2011 ,Revised 22 March 2011 ,Accepted 5 April 2011.

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 Cite this article as: Davidson AS, Liao X, Magee BD. Attitudes of women in their forties toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines: a randomized trial on the effects of media exposure. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;205:30.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(11)00451-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.005

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 30.e1-30.e7 , July 2011

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