Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding breast and cervical cancer screening among Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, and Tongan women

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Dang, Jeff ^a   Lee, Jessica ^a   Tran, Jacqueline H ^b  

^a THE MEASUREMENT GROUP   (United States)

^b Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Breast and cervical cancer; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951683726     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0082-1     Document Type: Article

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