Cervical cancer screening among Chinese Americans

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-145

  Taylor, Victoria M ^a,b   Jackson, J Carey ^b,c   Tu, Shin Ping ^b,c   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Schwartz, Stephen M ^a,b   Kuniyuki, Alan ^a   Acorda, Elizabeth ^a   Lin, Kathy ^b   Hislop, Gregory ^d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chinese Americans; Papanicolaou testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036909077     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-090X(02)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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