Knowledge and attitudes of Hispanic women and their health care providers about breast cancer risk factors and screening

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 222-231

  Strecker, Michelle N ^a   Williams, Aimee J ^a   Bondy, Melissa ^b   Johnston, Dennis A ^b   Northrup, Hope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Genetic predisposition; Hispanic women; Medically underserved populations; Patient education; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036442927     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066685     Document Type: Article

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