Learn, Share, and Live: Breast Cancer Education for Older, Urban Minority Women

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-78

  Skinner, Celette Sugg ^a   Sykes, Roslyn K ^c   Monsees, Barbara S ^c   Andriole, Dorothy A ^c   Arfken, Cynthia L ^b   Fisher, Edwin B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING MATERIALS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0031989844     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500106     Document Type: Article

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