The role of knowledge, language, and insurance in endorsement of cancer screening in women of African origin

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 517-523

  Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a   Hurtado de Mendoza, Alejandra ^a   Song, Minna ^a   Hirpa, Fikru ^a   Nwabukwu, Ify ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b African Women's Cancer Awareness Association   (United States)

Author keywords

African immigrants; Breast cancer; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84935856538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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