Mammography screening among Arab American Women in Metropolitan Detroit

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-549

  Schwartz, Kendra ^a   Fakhouri, Monty ^b   Bartoces, Monina ^a   Monsur, Joseph ^a   Younis, Amani ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arab American and Chaldean Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Breast cancer; Cancer disparities; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEBANON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE;

AGED; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 54949135413     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9140-8     Document Type: Article

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