Breast and cervical cancer screening among South Asian Immigrants in the United States

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-287

  Menon, Usha ^a,b   Szalacha, Laura A ^a   Prabhughate, Abhijit ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Cervical cancer screening; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84862886348     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31822fcab4     Document Type: Article

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