Mammography screening and Pacific Islanders: Role of cultural and psychosocial factors

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Mishra, Shiraz I ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^b   Huang, David ^b   Luce, Pat H ^c   Baquet, Claudia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Office of Samoan Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMOA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547165973     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03174372     Document Type: Article

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