Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Korean Americans

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-394

  Oh, Kyeung Mi ^a   Kreps, Gary L ^a   Jun, Jungmi ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Colon cancer screening; Knowledge; Korean Americans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84868028115     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.3.11     Document Type: Article

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