An intervention study on screening for breast cancer among single African-American women aged 65 and older

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 536-545

  Zhu, Kangmin ^a   Hunter, Sandra ^b   Bernard, Louis J ^b   Payne Wilks, Kathleen ^b   Roland, Chanel L ^b   Elam, Lloyd C ^b   Feng, Ziding ^c   Levine, Robert S ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer; Education; Elderly; Intervention; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0036351375     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1016     Document Type: Article

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