Cancer screening practices of Asian American physicians in New York City

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Bodle, Ethan E ^a,b,c   Islam, Nadia ^a   Kwon, Simona C ^a   Zojwalla, Naseem ^a   Ahsan, Habibul ^a   Senie, Ruby T ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Asian American; Cancer; Physician; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40649108368     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9077-3     Document Type: Article

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