Cervical cancer screening among Asian Canadian immigrant and nonimmigrant women

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-143

  Xiong, Hui ^a   Murphy, Madonna ^a   Mathews, Maria ^b   Gadag, Veeresh ^c   Wang, Peizhong Peter ^c,d  

^a Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

^b Department of Health Policy/Health Care Delivery ^*  (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian immigrant women; Cervical cancer screening; Immigrants; Pap smear screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77449090029     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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