Awareness of cancer information among Asian Americans

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-130

  Ma, Grace X ^a   Fleisher, Linda ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Awareness; Cancer information; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ASIAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0038315123     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022695313702     Document Type: Review

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