Breast cancer risk perception, benefits of and barriers to mammography adherence among a group of iranian women

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-219

  Allahverdipour, Hamid ^a   Asghari Jafarabadi, Mohammad ^a   Emami, Azita ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health belief model; Mammography; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958014211     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.564273     Document Type: Article

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