'If I feel something wrong, then I will get a mammogram': Understanding barriers and facilitators for mammography screening among Chilean women

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-92

  Püschel, Klaus ^a   Thompson, Beti ^b   Coronado, Gloria ^b   Gonzalez, Karla ^a   Rain, Carolina ^a   Rivera, Soledad ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chile; Qualitative evaluation; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHILE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77950471494     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp080     Document Type: Article

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