Ethnic differences in prevalence and barriers of HBV screening and vaccination among Asian Americans

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1071-1080

  Strong, Carol ^a   Lee, Sunmin ^b   Tanaka, Miho ^c   Juon, Hee Soon ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; HBV infection; HBV prevalence; Health care access barriers

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866731373     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9541-4     Document Type: Article

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