Correlates of breast cancer screening among Asian Americans enrolled in ENCOREplus

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-243

  Leong Wu, Cindy A ^a   Fernandez, Maria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745397821     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9327-9     Document Type: Article

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