Barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening among women of Hmong origin

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 540-555

  Fang, Dao Moua ^a   Baker, Dian L ^b  

^a California State University Sacramento School of Nursing ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American network for cancer awareness Research and training (AANCART); Cervical cancer; Community based participatory research; Health inequities; Hmong; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878459125     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0067     Document Type: Article

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