The impact of family history of breast cancer on knowledge, attitudes, and early detection practices of Mexican women along the Mexico-US border

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 867-875

  Bird, Yelena ^a   Banegas, Matthew P ^b   Moraros, John ^a   King, Sasha ^c   Prapasiri, Surasri ^c   Thompson, Beti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Family history; Knowledge; Mexican; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355139569     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9418-5     Document Type: Article

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