What factors explain disparities in mammography rates among Asian-American immigrant Women? A population-based study in California

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ryu, So Yeon ^a   Crespi, Catherine M ^b   Maxwell, Annette E ^b  

^a Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JAPANESE; KOREAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIETNAMESE;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84886781251     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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