Claiming health: Mammography screening decision making of African American women

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 969-975

  Fowler, Barbara A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33750113881     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/06.ONF.969-975     Document Type: Article

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