Cancer screening in homeless women: Attitudes and behaviors

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-292

  Long, Heather L ^d   Tulsky, Jacqueline P ^a   Chambers, Donald B ^b   Alpers, Leila S ^c   Robertson, Marjorie J ^a   Moss, Andrew R ^a   Chesney, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Breast self exams; Cancer screenings; Clinical breast exams; Homeless; Mammography; Mental health; Pap smears; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032130601     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0070     Document Type: Article

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