Breast Cancer Cause Beliefs: Chinese, Korean, and Mexican American Breast Cancer Survivors

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1081-1099

  Gonzalez, Patricia ^a   Lim, Jung Won ^b   Wang Letzkus, Ming ^c   Flores, Katrina F ^a   Allen, Kristi M ^a   Castañeda, Sheila F ^a   Talavera, Gregory A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kangnam University   (South Korea)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer survivorship; cultural beliefs; ethnic minority survivors; health behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936883619     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945914541518     Document Type: Article

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