Breast cancer screening adherence in African-American women: Black cosmetologists promoting health

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 1836-1839

  Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,b   Thomas, A Goldzier ^a   Dhanjal, Sharanjeet K ^a   Gebrekristos, Bisrat ^a   Wright, Fred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast cancer; Early detection; Health promotion; Minority; Outreach; Peer health educator; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGRO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0032531675     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981015)83:8+<1836::aid-cncr34>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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