Socioeconomic factors, immigration status, and cancer screening among Mexican American women aged 75 and older

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1068-1081

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Markides, Kyriakos S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 78149419670     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.499183     Document Type: Article

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