Breast cancer screening disparities among urban immigrants: A population-based study in Ontario, Canada Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vahabi, Mandana ^a   Lofters, Aisha ^b,c,d,e   Kumar, Matthew ^e   Glazier, Richard H ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immigrants; Internationally trained physicians; Primary care patient enrollment models; Screening mammography

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MORTALITY; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84937209147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2050-5     Document Type: Article

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