Cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among culturally Deaf adults: Implications for informed decision making

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 474-479

  Orsi, Jennifer M ^a   Margellos Anast, Helen ^a   Perlman, Toby S ^b   Giloth, Barbara E ^c   Whitman, Steven ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Advocate Charitable Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Colonic neoplasms; Deafness; Decision making; Mass screening; Neoplasms; Prostatic neoplasms; Uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGN LANGUAGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36549037150     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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