Cancer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices (KABP) of disadvantaged women in the South Bronx

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 142-149

  Carter, Jeanne ^a   Park, Elyse R ^a   Moadel, Alyson ^a   Cleary, Sean D ^a   Morgan, Carole ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036738246     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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