Participation in cardiovascular risk factor and cancer screening among Australian Chinese

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Cheung, N Wah ^a   Li, Stephen C H ^b   Tang, Kwok C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Cardiovascular disease; Chinese; Pap screening; Population survey

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 79961045255     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he11147     Document Type: Article

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