Breast self-examination: Who teaches it, who is taught, and how often? (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-351

  Nekhlyudov, Larissa ^a,b   Barton, Mary B ^a   Elmore, Joann G ^c   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Breast self examination; Mass screening; Patient education; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; NEW ENGLAND; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036001345     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015278527769     Document Type: Article

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