Online cancer education and immigrants: Effecting culturally appropriate websites

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-186

  Changrani, Jyotsna ^a   Gany, Francesca ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMPUTER LITERACY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 24144471038     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce2003_14     Document Type: Article

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