Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors among chinese immigrants in Seattle

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-57

  Ralston, James D ^a,c   Taylor, Victoria M ^a,b   Yasui, Yutaka ^a,b   Kuniyuki, Alan ^b   Carey Jackson, J ^a   Tu, Shin Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Chinese americans; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; COORDINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MARRIAGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0038689466     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021381105325     Document Type: Review

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