Answering the call: A tool that measures functional breast cancer literacy

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1310-1325

  Williams, Karen Patricia ^a   Templin, Thomas N ^b   Hines, Resche D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harper College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887827362     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.778367     Document Type: Article

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