Validity of self-reported mammography in a multicultural population in Israel

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-491

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a   Friedman, Nurit ^b,c   Lernau, Omri ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Claims records; Jews; Mammography; Self reports; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

AGED; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44949251732     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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