Brief report: Exploration of colorectal cancer risk perceptions among Latinos

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-192

  Diaz, Joseph A ^a,b   Goldman, Roberta ^a,b   Arellano, Naira ^b   Borkan, Jeffrey ^b   Eaton, Charles B ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Colorectal cancer; Focus groups; Hispanic Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODE ISLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79551473237     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9312-1     Document Type: Article

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