Unmet Needs of Asian American and Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 374-381

  Le, Mai Nhung ^a   Nguyen, Giang T ^b   Pan, Zhi ^b   Maglalang, Dale Dagar ^a   Butt, Fidelia ^c   Bautista, Roxanna ^d   Nitta, Mavis ^d   Barg, Frances K ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Asian American Cancer Support Network   (United States)

^d Asian and Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network and Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI); Cancer; Cancer experience; Cancer survivorship; Quality of life; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CANCER SURVIVORS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84948995084     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-015-0952-7     Document Type: Article

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