Willingness to participate in cancer screenings: Blacks vs whites vs Puerto Rican Hispanics

Cancer Control

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-343

  Katz, Ralph V ^a   Claudio, Cristina ^b   Kressin, Nancy R ^c,d   Green, B Lee ^e   Min, Qi Wang ^f   Russell, Stefanie Luise ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 55249091853     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480801500408     Document Type: Article

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