Perspectives on preventive health care and barriers to breast cancer screening among iraqi women refugees

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 633-639

  Saadi, Altaf ^a   Bond, Barbara ^b,c   Percac Lima, Sanja ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chelsea HealthCare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; Breast cancer screening; Immigrants; Preventive health; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ; ISLAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865865941     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9520-3     Document Type: Article

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