Cultural factors in preventive care: Asian-Americans

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 495-502

  Au, Clement ^a  

^a Jefferson Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036715371     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(02)00011-8     Document Type: Review

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