Black-white differences in factors influencing mammography use among employed female health maintenance organization members

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-220

  Glanz, Karen ^a   Resch, Nancy ^b   Lerman, Caryn ^c   Rimer, Barbara K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Ethnicity; Mammography; Minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030224410     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961789     Document Type: Article

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