Disparities in the receipt of fecal occult blood test versus endoscopy among Filipino American immigrants

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1963-1967

  Maxwell, Annette E ^a,b   Danao, Leda L ^a   Crespi, Catherine M ^a   Antonio, Cynthia ^a   Garcia, Gabriel M ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PHILIPPINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049148683     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2800     Document Type: Article

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