Awareness of anticancer vaccines among Asian American women with limited english proficiency: An opportunity for improved public health communication

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-283

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a,b   Leader, Amy E ^c   Hung, Wan Ling ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for Public Health Initiatives   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d American Cancer Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CANCER VACCINES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 73949085303     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902973127     Document Type: Article

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