Asian American cancer disparities: The potential effects of model minority health stereotypes

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-81

  Ibaraki, Alicia Yee ^a   Hall, Gordon C Nagayama ^a   Sabin, Janice A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; cancer; health disparities; model minority stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898915143     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036114     Document Type: Article

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