Knowledge of breast density and awareness of related breast cancer risk

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-274

  Manning, Mark A ^a   Duric, Neb ^a   Littrup, Peter ^a   Bey Knight, Lisa ^a   Penner, Louis ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; Cancer risk awareness; Cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIVE DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879507920     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0457-1     Document Type: Article

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