Black women's awareness of breast cancer disparity and perceptions of the causes of disparity

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 766-772

  Kaiser, Karen ^a   Cameron, Kenzie A ^a   Curry, Gina ^b   Stolley, Melinda ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health disparity; Race; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880037016     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9677-x     Document Type: Article

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