Cancer information seeking preferences and experiences: Disparities between Asian Americans and Whites in the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 173-180

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a   Bellamy, Scarlett L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745417603     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600639620     Document Type: Article

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