Cancer risk factors among Southeast Asian American residents of the U.S. Central Gulf Coast

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-129

  Xu, Yu ^a,c   Ross, M Candice ^b   Ryan, Rebecca ^b   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk factors; Southeast Asian Americans; Transcultural nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUNBURN;

EID: 18544387116     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220205.x     Document Type: Article

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