Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of Chinese hepatitis B screening and vaccination

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Ma, Grace X ^a,b   Shive, Steven E ^b,c   Toubbeh, Jamil I ^a   Tan, Yin ^b   Wu, Dunli ^d  

^a Center for Asian Health

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviors; Chinese Americans; Hepatitis B; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749125891     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.32.2.7     Document Type: Article

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