Cancer information disparities between U.S.- and foreign-born populations

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 5-21

  Zhao, Xiaoquan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650189313     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.522688     Document Type: Article

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