Older Korean American men's prostate cancer screening behavior: The prime role of culture

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1030-1037

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Jung, Yunkyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cancer health disparity; Culture; Korean American immigrant men; Prostate cancer screening; Prostate specific antigen (PSA)

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84888879667     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9804-x     Document Type: Article

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