Demographics and perceptions of barriers toward breast cancer screening among Asian-American women

Women and Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-281

  Wu, Tsu Yin ^a   Hsieh, Hsing Fang ^b   West, Brady T ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Breast cancer; Chinese; Filipino; Korean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 60849119299     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802463384     Document Type: Article

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