Promoting breast cancer screening among Chamorro women in Southern California

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-17

  Tanjasiri, Sora Park ^a   Sablan Santos, Lola ^b   Merrill, Vincent ^a   Quitugua, Lourdes Flores ^b   Kuratani, Darrah Goo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Guam Communications Network Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 41349097739     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190701821386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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