Korean americans' beliefs about colorectal cancer screening

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 45-52

  Lee, Shin Young ^a   Lee, Eunice E ^b  

^a Department of Nursing at Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Culture; Korean americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KOREAN AMERICAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84901839485     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: 20937482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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