Health Beliefs and Early Detection among Chinese Women

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 518-533

  Hoeman, Shirley P ^a   Ku, Ya Lie ^b   Ohl, Diana Roth ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030253572     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599601800504     Document Type: Article

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