Sources of health information among Chinese immigrants to the Pacific Northwest

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-340

  Woodall, Erica D ^a   Taylor, Victoria M ^a,b   Teh, Chong ^c   Li, Lin ^a   Acorda, Elizabeth ^a   Tu, Shin Ping ^b   Yasui, Yutaka ^d   Hislop, T Gregory ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949111461     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902854533     Document Type: Article

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