Effects of ethnic targeting on the perceived effectiveness of cancer prevention messages among latinas and non-latina white women

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1256-1273

  Ramírez, A Susana ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884588718     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.778362     Document Type: Article

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