Hepatitis B knowledge among Vietnamese immigrants: Implications for prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Taylor, Victoria M ^a,b   Jackson, J Carey ^b   Pineda, Michele ^a,b   Pham, Phat ^b   Fischer, Meredith ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0034009531     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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