Cultural views, english proficiency and regular cervical cancer screening among older Chinese American Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 272-278

  Ji, Cheng Shuang ^a   Chen, Mei Yuh ^a   Sun, Junfeng ^a   Liang, Wenchi ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77954147276     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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