Access versus acculturation: Identifying modifiable factors to promote cancer screening among Asian American Women

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1088-1096

  Pourat, Nadereh ^a,b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^a,c   Breen, Nancy ^d   Sripipatana, Alek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

access; acculturation; Asian American; cancer screening; navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JAPANESE; KOREAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORTH KOREA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIETNAMESE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78650175428     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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