Cancer screening practices among physicians serving Chinese immigrants

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-73

  Aragones, Abraham ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^b   Gany, Francesca ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Chinese; Immigrants; Physician practices; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63249128307     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0117     Document Type: Article

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