Promoters and barriers to mammography screening in multiethnic inner city patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 526-528

  Méndez, Jane E ^a   Evans, Megan ^b   Stone, Michael D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening barriers; Mammography; Promoters to breast screening; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349445420     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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