"That word, cancer": Breast care behavior of hispanic women in new Mexico background and literature review

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-87

  Ginossar, Tamar ^a   de Vargas, Felicia ^b   Sanchez, Christina ^c   Oetzel, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Austin Diagnostic Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77949366364     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330902887590     Document Type: Article

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