Breast Cancer Screening Among Dominican Latinas: A Closer Look at Fatalism and Other Social and Cultural Factors

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 633-641

  Abraído Lanza, Ana F ^a   Martins, Mariana Cunha ^a   Shelton, Rachel C ^a   Flórez, Karen R ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; breast cancer screening; fatalism; Latinos; mammography

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941910484     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198115580975     Document Type: Article

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