What promotes cervical cancer screening among Chamorro women in California?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-730

  Tanjasiri, Sora P ^a   Mouttapa, Michele ^a   Sablan Santos, Lola ^b   Quitugua, Lourdes F ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Guam Communications Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chamorro; Pacific Islander; Pap testing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84876297837     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0394-4     Document Type: Article

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