Addressing cancer control needs of African-born immigrants in the US: A systematic literature review

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-99

  Hurtado de Mendoza, Alejandra ^a   Song, Minna ^a   Kigen, Ocla ^a   Jennings, Yvonne ^a   Nwabukwu, Ify ^b   Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b African Women's Cancer Awareness Association   (United States)

Author keywords

African immigrants; Cancer; Cancer prevention; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; BLACK PERSON; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRANT; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905215277     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.006     Document Type: Review

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