Breast cancer beliefs and behaviors at the San Francisco General Hospital

Breast Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-26

  Rhoads, Kim Felder ^a,b   Luce, Judith A ^b   Knudson, Mary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Breast cancer; Health related behaviors; Low socioeconomic status; Multiethnic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034074649     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2000.t01-1-98087.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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