Cancer screening, reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and anticipated cancer-related behavior among hmong adults

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Yang, Richard C ^a   Mills, Paul K ^a   Dodge, Jennifer L ^a  

^a Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cancer treatment; Hmong immigrants to the USA; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745273636     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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