Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 650-660

  Ma, Grace X ^a,c   Shive, Steven E ^c   Wang, Min Qi ^b   Tan, Yin ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Cambodian; Cancer screening; Chinese; Colorectal; Hepatitis B; Koreans; Mammography; Pap test; Prostate; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350439987     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.6.3     Document Type: Article

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