Cancer-related health behaviors and screening practices among Latinos: Findings from a community and agricultural labor camp survey

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 376-386

  Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a   Snider, John ^b   Davis, Bonnie ^c   Garcia Jennings, Maria ^b   Ahn, David K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Monterey County Health Department   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cervical cancer screening; Colorectal screening; Health behaviors; Hispanic Americans; Mamography; Nutrition; Obesity; Smoking; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0041853689     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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