Cancer screening behaviours among South Asian immigrants in the UK, US and Canada: A scoping study

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-153

  Crawford, Joanne ^a,b   Ahmad, Farah ^c   Beaton, Dorcas ^d,e,f   Bierman, Arlene S ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Cancer prevention and control; Ethnic minorities; Ethnicity and health; Screening; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CANADA; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; CANADA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956826980     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12208     Document Type: Review

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