Breast self-examination practices among women from six ethnic groups and the influence of cancer worry

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-45

  Kudadjie Gyamfi, Elizabeth ^a   Consedine, Nathan ^a   Magai, Carol ^a   Gillespie, Michael ^b   Pierre Louis, Jessy ^a,c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Cancer worry; Ethnicity; Minority women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 21044449610     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-005-0154-9     Document Type: Article

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