Literacy and knowledge, attitudes and behavior about mammography in Latinas

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-166

  Guerra, Carmen E ^a   Krumholz, Megan ^b   Shea, Judy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USCF   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Educational status; Hispanic Americans; Knowledge; Mammography; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 17144425774     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2005.0012     Document Type: Article

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