Relationship of body image to breast and skin self-examination intentions and behaviors

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-63

  Chait, Sari R ^a,b   Thompson, J Kevin ^a   Jacobsen, Paul B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57849100476     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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