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April 2002, Vol 92, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 507
© 2002 American Public Health Association

LETTER

QUESTIONNAIRE WORDING ON POPULATION-BASED ESTIMATES OF MAMMOGRAPHY PREVALENCE

Alacey Berumen, MNM, PhDc

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Alacey Berumen, MNM, PhDc Rocky Mountain Regional Cancer Control Planning Director, American Cancer Society, 2255 S Oneida St, Denver, CO 80224 (e-mail: aberumen@cancer.org).

In a study published in the May 2001 issue of the Journal, Seigel et al. based their findings on the downturn in mammography rates in the 1992 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on the fact that wording of the questionnaire had changed.1 I believe that some outside influences may have contributed to higher mammogram rates in their first comparison year of 1990–91.

In 1990, Congress took an important step to ensure that more cases of cancer in women were detected early by passing the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act. This law authorized a breast and cervical cancer screening . . . [Full Text]

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