Differences in breast self-examination techniques between Caucasian and African American elderly women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 476-484

  Mitchell, Jim ^a   Mathews, Holly F ^b   Mayne, Linda ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CAUCASIAN; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF EXAMINATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOUCH; TRAINING; VISION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 26944500886     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.476     Document Type: Article

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