Breast cancer screening behaviors among African American women with a strong family history of breast cancer

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 385-388

  Halbert, Chanita Hughes ^a   Kessler, Lisa ^b   Wileyto, E Paul ^b   Weathers, Benita ^b   Stopfer, Jill ^a   Domchek, Susan ^a   Collier, Aliya ^b   Brewster, Kiyona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hereditary breast cancer; Screening practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PHILADELPHIA;

EID: 33750442919     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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