Filipina American women's breast cancer knowledge, attitudes, and screening behaviors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Ko, Celine M ^a,b   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^b   Ryujin, Lisa ^b   Dong, Adam ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FILIPINO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 2942750440     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-27     Document Type: Article

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