Outcomes of a breast health project for Hmong women and men in California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^a   Tanjasiri, Sora Park ^b   Valdez, Annalyn ^a   Yu, Hongjian ^a   Foo, Mary Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350063604     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143974     Document Type: Article

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