Colorectal cancer screening disparities in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Which groups are most vulnerable?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 501-518

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Lundquist, Melissa ^a   Ju, Eunsu ^b   Luo, Xianghua ^c   Townsend, Aloen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Behavioral model of health services use; Colorectal cancer; Disparity; Pacific Islander; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; CANCER; DATA SET; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACIAL DISPARITY; VULNERABILITY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865880679     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2011.575219     Document Type: Article

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