Time spent in the United States and breast cancer screening behaviors among ethnically diverse immigrant women: Evidence for acculturation?

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-358

  Brown, William Michael ^a,b   Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Magai, Carol ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Breast cancer screening; Enculturation; Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME;

EID: 33747484948     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9005-y     Document Type: Article

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