Cancer risk factor assessment among Chamorro women

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-105

  Nguyen, Victoria ^a   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a   Shi, Manli ^a,b   Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^a   Cruz, Lee Ann ^c   Blas, Lillian A ^a,c   Blas, Tara Lyn A ^d   Acfalle, Rachel Mae C ^a   Acfalle, Beverly Ann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Pac Islander Cancer Control Network   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0042510374     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15430154JCE1802_13     Document Type: Article

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