Cervical cancer screening behavior among Hmong-American immigrant women

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-307

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Yang, Pa Nhia ^a   Lee, Do Kyung ^b   Ghebre, Rahel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Cultural health beliefs; Health disparity; Hmong American women; Immigrant; Pap test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925443279     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.39.3.2     Document Type: Review

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