The use of sociocultural constructs in cancer screening research among African Americans

Cancer Control

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-265

  Deshpande, Anjali D ^a,c   Sanders Thompson, Vetta L ^a,b   Vaughn, Kimberlee P ^a   Kreuter, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 67650555720     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480901600308     Document Type: Review

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