Health beliefs, health locus of control, and women's mammography behavior

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Holm, Cheryl J ^a   Frank, Deborah I ^a   Curtin, John ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Locus of control; Mammography screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032806704     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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