Awareness of genetic testing for cancer among United States hispanics: The role of acculturation

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-42

  Heck, Julia E ^a   Franco, Rebeca ^a   Jurkowski, Janine M ^b   Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Health and Behavior Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic groups; Genetic screening; Health services, accessibility; Hispanic Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349013936     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111638     Document Type: Article

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