Disparities in colorectal screening between US-born and foreign-born populations: Evidence from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Shih, Ya Chen Tina ^a   Elting, Linda S ^a   Levin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OCCULT BLOOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SKIN EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41349119853     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190701634623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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