Acculturation and Pap smear screening practices among college-aged Vietnamese women in the United States

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 335-341

  Yi, Jenny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cervical cancer; Screening; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUP; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0031720877     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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