Influence of others in motivating women to obtain breast cancer screening

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 141-146

  McCance, Kathryn L ^a   Mooney, Kathleen H ^a   Field, Rosemary ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breast self examination; clinical breast examination; detection; mammography; screening; social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029973723     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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