Determinants of colorectal cancer screening behavior among Chinese Americans

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 374-381

  Teng, Ellen J ^a,b,c,e   Friedman, Lois C ^c   Green, Charles E ^d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Education   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Cancer; Chinese; Colorectal screening; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TEXAS;

EID: 33744808262     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.958     Document Type: Article

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