Cultural Factors Associated with Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Korean American Women in the US: An Integrative Literature Review

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 81-90

  Lee, Shin Young ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cervical cancer; culture; Korean Americans; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943358035     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: 20937482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2015.05.003     Document Type: Review

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