Measuring breast cancer and mammography screening beliefs among Chinese American immigrants

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 852-868

  Lee Lin, Frances ^a,e   Menon, Usha ^b   Pett, Marjorie ^c   Nail, Lillian ^a   Lee, Sharon ^d   Mooney, Kathi ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese immigrants; Factor analyses; Psychometric evaluation; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53349089269     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945908319247     Document Type: Article

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