Targeting social and economic correlates of cancer treatment appointment keeping among immigrant Chinese patients

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Gany, Francesca ^a   Ramirez, Julia ^a   Chen, Serena ^a   Leng, Jennifer C F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952250884     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9512-y     Document Type: Article

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