Facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening among Chinese Canadian women

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-73

  Hislop, T Gregory ^a   Deschamps, M ^b   Teh, C ^a   Jackson, C ^c,d   Tu, S P ^c,d   Yasui, Y ^e   Schwartz, S M ^c,e   Kuniyuki, A ^e   Taylor, V ^c,e  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0037261303     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405056     Document Type: Article

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