Correlates of perceived risk of developing cancer among African-Americans in South Los Angeles

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-180

  Lucas Wright, Anna ^a   Bazargan, Mohsen ^a   Jones, Loretta ^a   Vadgama, Jaydutt V ^a   Vargas, Roberto ^b   Sarkissyan, Marianna ^a   Smith, James ^a   Yazdanshenas, Hamed ^a   Maxwell, Annette E ^b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer health disparities; Community partnered participatory research; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893675868     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9756-z     Document Type: Article

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