Health seeking behavioral analysis associated with breast cancer screening among Asian American women

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 235-243

  Ma, Grace X ^a   Gao, Wanzhen ^a   Lee, Sunmin ^b   Wang, Minqi ^c   Tan, Yin ^a   Shive, Steven E ^a,d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian american; Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening; Chinese; Korean; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864085297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S30738     Document Type: Article

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