African American women's experiences with breast cancer screening

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-140

  Phillips, Janice M ^a   Cohen, Marlene Zichi ^b   Tarzian, Anita J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast cancer screening; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0035223319     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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