Predictors of screening mammography among Asian Indian American women: A cross-sectional study in the baltimore-washington metropolitan area

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-441

  Somanchi, Meena ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^a   Rimal, Rajiv ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77950269431     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0873     Document Type: Article

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