Acculturation and cervical cancer: Knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of Hispanic women

Women and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 37-57

  Harmon, Mary P ^a   Castro, Felipe G ^b   Coe, Kathryn ^b  

^a AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030512328     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v24n03_03     Document Type: Article

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