Impact of english language proficiency on receipt of pap smears among hispanics

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 967-970

  De Alba, Israel ^a,b,d   Sweningson, Jamie M ^b   Chandy, Christa ^c   Hubbell, F Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; English language proficiency; Health disparities; Hispanics; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 4544357714     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-004-0009-9     Document Type: Review

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