Influence of advertisement on women's attitudes toward mammography screening

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 603-621

  Collins, Clare ^a   Davis, Linda Sue ^a   Rentz, Kathy ^a   Vannoy, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031280332     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612849709010342     Document Type: Article

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