Pap testing, awareness, and acceptability of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among Chinese American women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 803-808

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a   Chen, Bei ^a   Chan, Melvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chinese immigrant; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Vaccine; Women's health

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VACCINATION; VAGINA SMEAR; VIROLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871724547     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9607-5     Document Type: Article

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