Demographic Predictors and Cancer Screening Among Asian Americans in Michigan: Role of Refugee Status

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 770-777

  Wu, Tsu Yin ^a   Park, Yeyun ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Limited English proficiency; Mammography; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85021083974     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0397-2     Document Type: Article

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