Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Among American Muslims

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 660-669

  Padela, Aasim I ^a   Murrar, Sohad ^a   Adviento, Brigid ^a   Liao, Chuanhong ^a   Hosseinian, Zahra ^a   Peek, Monica ^a   Curlin, Farr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening disparities; Fatalism; Islam; Mammography; Modesty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; ISLAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHICAGO; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISLAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PREJUDICE;

EID: 84930081790     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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