Addressing multiple breast cancer risk factors in African-American women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-86

  Stolley, Melinda R ^a,b,c   Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a,b   Wells, Anita ^a,b   Martinovich, Zoran ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast cancer; Breast screening behaviors; Culture; Intervention; Risk factors; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; EATING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0345742647     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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