Language and use of cancer screening services among border and non-border hispanic Texas women

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-263

  Fernández, Leticia E ^a   Morales, Alfonso ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cancer Screening; Hispanics; Mammogram; Pap Test; USA Mexico Border

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CANCER SCREENING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34147114299     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701235150     Document Type: Article

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