Breast cancer awareness and barriers to symptomatic presentation among women from different ethnic groups in East London

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1474-1479

  Forbes, L J L ^a   Atkins, L ^a   Thurnham, A ^a   Layburn, J ^b   Haste, F ^b   Ramirez, A J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awareness; breast cancer; cross sectional study; delayed presentation; ethnic group; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80755128209     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.406     Document Type: Article

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