Cervical cancer screening by immigrant and minority women in Canada

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-334

  McDonald, James Ted ^a   Kennedy, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Australian Treasury   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Ethnicity; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547886904     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9046-x     Document Type: Article

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