Disparities in colorectal cancer screening rates among Asian Americans and non-Latino whites.

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Published in Cancer on December 15, 2005

Authors

Sabrina T Wong1, Ginny Gildengorin, Tung Nguyen, Jeremiah Mock

Author Affiliations

1: School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. wong@nursing.ubc.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Lay Health Workers and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Chinese Americans | NCT00947206

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