Hepatitis B and liver cancer beliefs among Korean immigrants in Western Washington: Report of a qualitative study

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 2955-2958

  Choe, John H ^a,b,c   Chan, Nadine ^a   Do, H Hoai ^b,c   Woodall, Erica ^b   Lim, Eunyoung ^a   Taylor, Victoria M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AANCART; Cancer; Hepatitis B; Hepatocellular CA; Korean Americans; Qualitative research; Serologic tests; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 29144475455     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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