Language differences in interpretation of breast cancer health messages

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 226-230

  Roche, Rich Ann ^a   Stovall, Christina E ^b   Suarez, Lucina ^a   Goldman, Daniel A ^c   Wright, Stephen A ^b   Méndez, Margaret C ^b  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b Breast Cervical Cancer Contr Prog   (United States)

^c Bur of Chron Dis Prev and Contr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TERMINOLOGY; TEXAS;

EID: 0032435685     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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