Predictors of breast cancer screening among immigrant Iranian women in California

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 485-497

  Shirazi, Mehra ^a   Champeau, Donna ^a   Talebi, Aaron ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33746154445     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.485     Document Type: Article

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