Improving early detection of breast and cervical cancer in Chinese and vietnamese immigrant women

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 873-876

  Black, Margaret E A ^a,b   Frisina, Angela ^b   Hack, Trisha ^b   Carpio, Barbara ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Public Health Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIETNAM;

EID: 33750095944     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/06.ONF.873-876     Document Type: Article

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