Attitudes and beliefs associated with mammography in a multiethnic population in Israel

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-242

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Attitudes; Barriers; Israel; Jews; Mammography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952233184     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109339460     Document Type: Article

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