Differences in Cervical Cancer Screening Between African-American Versus African-Born Black Women in the United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1371-1377

  Forney Gorman, Alison ^a,b   Kozhimannil, Katy B ^c  

^a People s Clinic in Minneapolis   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African; African American; Cervical cancer; Disparities; Immigrant; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84940982256     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0267-0     Document Type: Article

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