Acculturation and colorectal cancer screening among older latino adults: Differential associations by national origin

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 963-970

  Afable Munsuz, Aimee ^a   Liang, Su Ying ^b   Ponce, Ninez A ^c   Walsh, Judith M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aculturation; Colorectal cancer screening; Latinos

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO;

ACCULTURATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; POPULATION GROUPS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 77950360856     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1022-9     Document Type: Article

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