Cancer risk factors of Vietnamese Americans in Rural South Alabama

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-244

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

^a Mu ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Cancer risk factors; Vietnamese Americans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; VIETNAM;

EID: 27744598978     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2005.00041.x     Document Type: Review

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