Recruitment of underserved women for breast cancer detection programs

Cancer Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 297-303

  Zabora, James R ^a   Morrison, Candis ^a,b   Olsen, Sharon J ^b   Ashley, Barbara ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breast cancer screening; Health behaviors; Recruitment; Socioeconomically disadvantaged

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031408898     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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