Breast and cervical cancer screening in Hispanic women: A literature review using the health belief model

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 122-128

  Austin, LaToya T ^a   Ahmad, Farah ^a   McNally, Mary Jane ^b   Stewart, Donna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCINFO; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036108628     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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