Screening for breast and cervical cancers: The importance of knowledge and perceived cancer survivability

Women and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 93-112

  Pearlman, Deborah N ^a   Clark, Melissa A ^b   Rakowski, William ^b   Ehrich, Beverly ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033057309     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v28n04_06     Document Type: Article

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