Minority women and breast cancer screening: The role of cultural explanatory models

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 757-764

  Rajaram, Shireen S ^a   Rashidi, Anahita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Methodist Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Culture; Health; Minority; Prevention; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031658018     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0355     Document Type: Article

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