Do social network characteristics predict mammography screening practices?

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 763-776

  Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b   Stoddard, Anne M ^c   Sorensen, Glorian ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Mammography; Social network characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 55649095104     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198107303251     Document Type: Article

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