Using geographic methods to inform cancer screening interventions for South Asians in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lofters, Aisha K ^a,b,c   Gozdyra, Piotr ^c,d   Lobb, Rebecca ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CANADA; CENSUSES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876672913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-395     Document Type: Article

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