A Su Salud: A Quasi-experimental Study among Mexican American Women

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 536-545

  Fernández Esquer, Maria Eugenia ^a   Espinoza, Paula ^b   Torres, Isabel ^c   Ramirez, Amelie G ^d   McAlister, Alfred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Community intervention; Latinas; Mexican Americans; Quasi experimental study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASS MEDIUM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0742322542     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.5.5     Document Type: Article

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