Cervical cancer screening: Attitudes and behaviors of young Asian American women

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 740-746

  Yoo, Grace J ^a   Le, Mai Nhung ^a   Vong, Stephen ^a   Lagman, Regina ^a   Lam, Amy G ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Filipino; Korean; Pap testing; San Francisco; Vietnamese; Young Asian American women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859914865     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0230-2     Document Type: Article

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