Perceptions of breast cancer among Arab Israeli women

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-116

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a   Granot, Michal ^a   Badarna, Siham ^a   Avrami, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab women; Breast cancer; Mammography; Prevention; Women's role

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY;

AGED; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 13844306660     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n02_07     Document Type: Article

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