Breast cancer knowledge and preventive behaviors: An urban emergency department-based survey

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1393-1398

  Takakuwa, Kevin M ^a,b   Ernst, Amy A ^b   Weiss, Steven J ^b   Nick, Todd G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Breast cancer; Prevention; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CAUCASIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033636430     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00497.x     Document Type: Article

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