Breast cancer knowledge and attitudes toward mammography as predictors of breast cancer preventive behavior in Kazakh, Korean, and Russian women in Kazakhstan

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Chukmaitov, Askar ^a   Wan, Thomas T H ^b   Menachemi, Nir ^c   Cashin, Cheryl ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ethnic; KAP; Kazakhstan; Mammography; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KOREA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 47249089147     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7001-9     Document Type: Article

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