Cervical Cancer Screening Adherence Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees to the United States

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 980-988

  Morrison, T Ben ^a   Flynn, Priscilla M ^b   Weaver, Amy L ^b   Wieland, Mark L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885949867     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2013.770002     Document Type: Article

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