Cancer screening and Haitian immigrants: The primary care provider factor

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Gany, Francesca ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^a   Aragones, Abraham ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Haitian immigrants; Physicians practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HAITI; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 40649095939     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9076-4     Document Type: Article

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