Attitudes about breast cancer and mammography: Racial, income, and educational differences

Women and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-63

  Miller, Anna M ^a,c   Champion, Victoria L ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANA; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030779603     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v26n01_04     Document Type: Article

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