Rural Mexican American men's attitudes and beliefs about cancer screening

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Coronado, Gloria ^a   Thompson, Beti ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0034006965     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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