Cancer information comprehension by english-as-a-second-language immigrant women

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-33

  Thomson, M D ^a   Hoffman Goetz, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COLON TUMOR; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMPREHENSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; ONTARIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78651072764     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.529496     Document Type: Article

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