Acculturation and breast cancer screening among hispanic women in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-227

  O'Malley, Ann S ^a,b   Kerner, Jon ^a   Johnson, Ayah E ^a   Mandelblatt, Jeanne ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033052276     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.2.219     Document Type: Article

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