Attitudes and beliefs about colorectal cancer among Mexican Americans in communities along the US-Mexico border

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 421-427

  Coronado, Gloria D ^a   Farias, Argelia ^b   Thompson, Beti ^a   Godina, Ruby ^a   Oderkirk, Wendell ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Colorectal cancer; Fecal occult blood test; Hispanics; Knowledge; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK FACTOR;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250758043     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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