Black-white differences in risk perceptions of breast cancer survival and screening mammography benefit

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Haggstrom, David A ^a   Schapira, Marilyn M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Race ethnicity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646230795     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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