Screening mammography among Chinese Canadian women

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-280

  Jackson, Sara L ^a   Hislop, T Greg ^b   Teh, Chong ^b   Yasui, Yutaka ^c   Tu, Shin Ping ^a   Kuniyuki, Alan ^c   Jackson, J Carey ^a   Taylor, Vicky M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER PREVENTION; CHINESE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0041695714     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403605     Document Type: Article

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