Feeling healthy: So why should Mexican-descent women screen for breast cancer?

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 812-823

  Borrayo, Evelinn A ^a   Jenkins, Sharon Rae ^b,c,d,e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 0035512065     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973201129119550     Document Type: Article

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