Perceived discrimination is associated with reduced breast and cervical cancer screening: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-145

  Jacobs, Elizabeth A ^a   Rathouz, Paul J ^a   Karavolos, Kelly ^b   Everson Rose, Susan A ^c   Janssen, Imke ^b   Kravitz, Howard M ^b   Lewis, Tené T ^d   Powell, Lynda H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893508538     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4328     Document Type: Article

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