The Asian women's health clinic: Addressing cultural barriers to preventive health care

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-354

  Sent, Lorna ^a,b,f   Ballem, Penny ^b,c   Paluck, Elan ^d   Yelland, Lois ^e   Vogel, Anne M ^e  

^a Asian Women's Health Clinic

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Children's Women's Hlth Ctr of BC

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Vancouver/Richmond Health Board   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0032566295     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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