The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 11 , Pages 974-981 , November 2008

Preventive Health Care among Older Women: Missed Opportunities and Poor Targeting

This paper was presented in part at the National Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Seattle, Washington, May 4, 2007.

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 This research was conducted while Dr. Mara Schonberg was supported by a Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Award from the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00666-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.042

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 11 , Pages 974-981 , November 2008

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