Increasing mammography practice by African American women

Cancer Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-85

  Erwin, Deborah O ^a   Spatz, Thea S ^b   Stotts, R Craig ^a   Hollenberg, Jan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast cancer; Church; Faith community; Mammography; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARKANSAS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032979484     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1999.07204.x     Document Type: Article

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