- ►annals.org [PDF] CC Wee, EP McCarthy, RB Davis, RS Phillips - Annals of internal medicine, 2000 - Am Coll Physicians Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH; Ellen P. McCarthy, PhD; Roger B. Davis, ScD; and
Russell S. Phillips, MD ... Background: Compared with thinner women, obese
women have higher mortality rates for breast and cervical cancer. In ... Cited by 138 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
KR Fontaine, M Heo, DB Allison - Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine, 2001 - liebertonline.com KEVIN R. FONTAINE, Ph.D., 1 MOONSEONG HEO, Ph.D., 2 ... Obesity increases
cancer risk, yet small-scale surveys indicate that obese women delay or avoid
cancer screening even more so than do nonobese women. We sought to estimate ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
KR Fontaine, MS Faith, DB Allison, LJ … - Archives of Family Medicine, 1998 - archfami.highwire.org Results When age, race, income, education, smoking, and health insurance status
were adjusted for, the BMI was directly related to delaying clinical breast
examinations, gynecologic examinations, and Papanicolaou smears. Obese ... Cited by 108 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
CH Adams, NJ Smith, DC Wilbur, KE Grady - Women & health, 1993 - cat.inist.fr Obese women are at higher risk for the development of both endometrial and
ovarian carcinoma. Biochemical mechanisms represent documented causal factors
but the role of psycho-social attitudes has received limited attention. ... Cited by 84 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov CC Wee, EP McCarthy, RB Davis, RS Phillips - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2004 - Springer BACKGROUND: Compared to normal weight women, women with obesity have higher
mortality from breast cancer but are less often screened. OBJECTIVES: To examine
the relation between mammography use and weight category and to examine the ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►ajph.org [PDF] T Ostbye, DH Taylor Jr, WS Yancy Jr, KM … - American Journal of Public Health, 2005 - Am Public Health Assoc Objectives. Obese Americans, who receive more care for chronic diseases, may
receive fewer preventive services. We evaluated the association between body
mass index (BMI) and receipt of screening mammography and Papanico- laou ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov AB Rosen, EC Schneider - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2004 - Springer BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with a higher incidence of colorectal cancer
and increased colorectal cancer mortality. Obese women are less likely to
undergo breast and cervical cancer screening than nonobese women. It is not ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
CC Wee, RS Phillips, EP McCarthy - Obesity research, 2005 - 万方数据资源系统 OBJECTIVES: We examined cervical cancer screening by BMI in white,
African-American, and Hispanic women and explored women's reasons for not
undergoing screening. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: We used logistic ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
RM Lubitz, DK Litzelman, RS Dittos, WM … - The American journal of medicine, 1995 - Elsevier Outcomes were physician reports of Pap smear performance and reasons for
nonperformance of Pap smears in eligible women. Pap smear performance was 21%
for nonobese women, 20% for obese women, and 20% for morbidly obese women ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
CL Olson, HD Schumaker, BP Yawn - Archives of Family Medicine, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE: To determine whether women delay or avoid necessary health care
because they are overweight. DESIGN: Observational study using a
self-administered survey. SETTING: A 250-bed community hospital in La ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - All 3 versions
