Consistency in attitudes across cancer screenings in medically underserved minority populations

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-171

  Shaw, Susan J ^a   Vivian, James ^b   Orzech, Kathryn M ^c,d   Torres, Cristina Huebner ^e   Armin, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Caring Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breast cancer; Cancer screening tests; Colon cancer; Health care disparities; Health knowledge; Medically underserved; Minority health; Practice; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863680521     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0285-0     Document Type: Article

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