Knowledge and attitude on screening mammography among low-literate, low- income women

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1912-1920

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Arnold, Connie ^a   Berkel, Hans J ^a   Nandy, Indrani ^a   Jackson, Robert H ^a   Glass, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; knowledge; low income; low literacy; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0029845479     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961101)78:9<1912::AID-CNCR11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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