Breast canceer early detection, health beliefs, and cancer worries in randomly selected women with and without a family history of breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 873-883

  Cohen, Miri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Cancer worries; Early detection practices; Family history; Health beliefs; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION;

EID: 33750352818     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1018     Document Type: Article

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