Cancer screening participation: Comparative willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 542-549

  Claudio, Cristina ^a   Katz, Ralph V ^b   Green, B Lee ^c   Kressin, Nancy R ^d   Min, Qi Wang ^e   Russell, Stefanie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cancer; Latinos; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34248576259     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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