Breast cancer messaging for younger women: Gender, femininity, and risk

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 731-742

  Haines, Rebecca J ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Barclay McKeown, Stephanie ^b   Ptolemy, Erin ^b   Carey, Joanne ^b   Sullivan, Kelli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gender; Health promotion; Tobacco and health; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST TUMOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; PASSIVE SMOKING; SEXUALITY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AWARENESS; BEAUTY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951905915     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310367502     Document Type: Article

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