Mexican American women in a rural area and barriers to their ability to enact protective behaviors against breast cancer

Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-44

  Hubbell, Anne P ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747211518     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc2001_4     Document Type: Article

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