Breast cancer detection among older Latinas: Is it worth the risk?

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1244-1263

  Borrayo, Evelinn A ^a   Buki, Lydia P ^b   Feigal, Benjamin M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early detection; Health beliefs; Hispanics; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THREAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844540304     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305281337     Document Type: Article

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