The obscuring object of race: Clinical breast exams and coping styles in ethnic subpopulations of women

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-305

  Kudadjie Gyamfi, Elizabeth K ^a   Magai, Carol ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77951537876     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X463723     Document Type: Article

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