Beliefs and attitudes of Samoan women toward early detection of breast cancer and mammography utilization

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue , 2001, Pages 262-266

  Ishida, Dianne N ^a   Toomata Mayer, Tusitala F ^b   Braginsky, Nafanua S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs and attibutes; Breast cancer; Mammography; Pacific Islanders; Polynesian; Samoans; Screening; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SAMOA; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; TEACHING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SAMOA; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0035170662     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010101)91:1+<262::AID-CNCR16>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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