Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of hepatitis B screening and vaccination and liver cancer risks among Vietnamese Americans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-73

  Ma, Grace X ^a,b,c   Shive, Steven E ^d   Fang, Carolyn Y ^e   Feng, Ziding ^f   Parameswaran, Lalitha ^d   Pham, Anny ^d   Khanh, Che ^g  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Asian Health at Temple ^*  (United States)

^d Center for Asian Health at Temple   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g Vietnamese Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Hepatitis B; Liver cancer; Vietnamese Americans

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIETNAM;

EID: 33947512072     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0013     Document Type: Article

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