Comparing GIS-based measures in access to mammography and their validity in predicting neighborhood risk of late-stage breast cancer.

Assessing neighborhood environment in access to mammography remains a challenge when investigating its contextual effect on breast cancer-related outcomes. Studies using different Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based measures reported inconsistent findings.We compared GIS-based measures (trave...

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Main Authors: Min Lian, James Struthers, Mario Schootman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429459?pdf=render