Racial differences in preventive practices of African-American and Hispanic women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-518

  Ganesan, Kalpana ^a,c   Teklehaimanot, Senait ^a   Akhtar, Abbasi J ^a   Wijegunaratne, Jayantha ^a   Thadepalli, Khyathi ^a   Ganesan, Nandakumar ^b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Hispanic women; Minority women; Pap smear; Preventive practices; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTPATIENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EXAMINATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0345269142     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51160.x     Document Type: Article

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