Brief report: Etiological attributions for breast cancer among healthy African American and European American women

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-425

  Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^a,b   Thompson, Hayley S ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis B ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744403727     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.905     Document Type: Article

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