Psychological distress, health beliefs, and frequency of breast self- examination

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-292

  Erblich, Joel ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Detection; Health beliefs; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STRESS;

EID: 0034045228     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005510109233     Document Type: Article

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