Barriers to early detection of breast cancer among women in a caribbean population

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Modeste, Naomi N ^a   Caleb Drayton, Vonna Lou ^a   Montgomery, Suzanne ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0032909140     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891999000300003     Document Type: Article

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