An exploration of hmong women's perspectives on cancer

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-91

  Baisch, Mary Jo ^a   Vang, Pang C ^a   Peterman, Beth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Focus groups; Preventive health services; Qualitative research; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149083717     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: 20937482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1976-1317(08)60032-8     Document Type: Review

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