Explaining disparities in colorectal cancer screening among five Asian ethnic groups: A population-based study in California

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Maxwell, Annette E ^a   Crespi, Catherine M ^a,b   Antonio, Cynthia M ^a   Lu, Peiyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CALIFORNIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952318570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-214     Document Type: Article

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