Factors associated with cervical cancer screening compliance and noncompliance among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 541-551

  Ma, Grace X ^a,b   Toubbeh, Jamil I ^a,b   Wang, Min Qi ^c   Shive, Steven E ^b,d   Cooper, Leslie ^e   Pham, Anny ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Cervical cancer; Compliance; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIAN; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KOREA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIET NAM;

EID: 67650553084     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30939-1     Document Type: Article

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