Add to ORKGAfrican-American (AA) women experience higher mortality from breast cancer than any other racial group. Understanding community-held perceptions of environmental contaminants as risk factors for breast cancer can inform the development of tailored prevention and education efforts for improve health outcomes. Six focus groups were conducted with AA participants in two counties in South Carolina, and themes were identified using open and axial coding. Perceived environmental risks for breast cancer most frequently discussed by participants were compared to findings from published systematic reviews. Frequently discussed environmental risk factors by participants were deodorants containing aluminum, plastics, pesticides, and air and water poll...
Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer and a higher chance of developing breast ...
BackgroundAfrican American women have higher rates of breast cancer mortality than their white count...
PURPOSE: To describe African American women\u27s experience of being at high risk for breast cancer....
Among women living in the United States, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death. ...
African American women suffer a higher burden of basal-like breast cancer, an aggressive subtype tha...
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the world. Although, certain risk factor...
While the burden of breast cancer borne by Black women is known to be significant, little is known a...
Breast cancer (BC) incidence rates for Black and non-Hispanic White women have recently converged; h...
AbstractThe environment is an underutilized pathway to breast cancer prevention. Current research ap...
Bibliography on environmental chemicals and the risk of breast cancerBibliography on why there is co...
Breast cancer (BC) incidence rates for Black and non-Hispanic White women have recently converged; h...
Background African American women have higher rates of breast cancer mortality than their white coun...
BACKGROUND: Household cleaning and pesticide products may contribute to breast cancer because many c...
The incidence rate of breast cancer for African American women has recentlyconverged with that of no...
A qualitative approach was used to explore the influence of mass media campaigns on Black women’s pe...
Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer and a higher chance of developing breast ...
BackgroundAfrican American women have higher rates of breast cancer mortality than their white count...
PURPOSE: To describe African American women\u27s experience of being at high risk for breast cancer....
Among women living in the United States, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death. ...
African American women suffer a higher burden of basal-like breast cancer, an aggressive subtype tha...
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the world. Although, certain risk factor...
While the burden of breast cancer borne by Black women is known to be significant, little is known a...
Breast cancer (BC) incidence rates for Black and non-Hispanic White women have recently converged; h...
AbstractThe environment is an underutilized pathway to breast cancer prevention. Current research ap...
Bibliography on environmental chemicals and the risk of breast cancerBibliography on why there is co...
Breast cancer (BC) incidence rates for Black and non-Hispanic White women have recently converged; h...
Background African American women have higher rates of breast cancer mortality than their white coun...
BACKGROUND: Household cleaning and pesticide products may contribute to breast cancer because many c...
The incidence rate of breast cancer for African American women has recentlyconverged with that of no...
A qualitative approach was used to explore the influence of mass media campaigns on Black women’s pe...
Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer and a higher chance of developing breast ...
BackgroundAfrican American women have higher rates of breast cancer mortality than their white count...
PURPOSE: To describe African American women\u27s experience of being at high risk for breast cancer....