Validity of self-reported mammography in low-income African-American women

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Champion, Victoria Lee ^a,b   Menon, Usha ^a   McQuillen, Diane Hollinden ^a   Scott, Catherine ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032004866     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(97)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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