Applying cognitive-social theory to health-protective behavior: Breast self-examination in cancer screening

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-94

  Miller, Suzanne M ^a   Shoda, Yuichi ^b   Hurley, Karen ^c  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; REVIEW; SELF EXAMINATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SELF-EXAMINATION;

EID: 0029684887     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.119.1.70     Document Type: Article

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