Health literacy and breast cancer screening among Mexican American women in South Texas

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-137

  Pagán, José A ^a,b   Brown, Cynthia J ^c   Asch, David A ^b,d   Armstrong, Katrina ^b   Bastida, Elena ^e   Guerra, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Mammography; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TEXAS;

EID: 84863728611     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0239-6     Document Type: Article

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