Young Asian Americans' knowledge and perceptions of cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Gor, Beverly J ^a   Chilton, Janice A ^a   Camingue, Pamela T ^a   Hajek, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Filipinos; Human papillomavirus; Korean; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIET NAM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PHILIPPINES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551485112     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9343-7     Document Type: Article

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