Breast cancer knowledge, beliefs, and screening behaviors among low-income, elderly black women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 791-805

  Jones, Alma R ^a   Thompson, Corleen J ^c   Oster, Robert A ^b   Samadi, Aziz ^a   Davis, Mary Kidd ^a   Mayberry, Robert M ^a   Caplan, Lee S ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Black women; Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening; Elderly; Mammography screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141746252     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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