Breast cancer screening in Rockland County, New York: A survey of attitudes and behaviors

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 428-434

  Goodwin, Susan S ^a   Visintainer, Paul F ^a   Facelle, Joan ^b   Falvo, Cathey E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Rockland County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breast self examination; Health knowledge; Mammography; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 34250730175     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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