Influences on breast cancer screening behaviors in Tamil immigrant women 50 years old and over

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 179-188

  Meana, M ^a   Bunston, T ^a   George, U ^a   Wells, L ^a   Rosser, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breast cancer screening; Ethnic minority; Mammography

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH MONITORING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0034783132     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850120078107     Document Type: Article

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