Mammography utilization and related attitudes among Korean-American women

Women and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 89-107

  Maxwell, Annette E ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^a   Warda, Umme S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031694588     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v27n03_07     Document Type: Article

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