Collective memory, candidacy, and victimisation: Community epidemiologies of breast cancer risk

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-615

  Salant, Talya ^a   Gehlert, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer risk perceptions; Community; Lay epidemiologies; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEMORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 42449136535     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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