Korean women: Breast cancer knowledge, attitudes and behaviors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-6

  Sadler, Georgia R ^a   Ryujin, Lisa T ^a   Ko, Celine Marie ^a   Nguyen, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING; TELEPHONE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0242457138     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-1-7     Document Type: Article

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