Breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns over 15 years for UK south Asian ethnic minority populations, corrected for differences in socio-demographic characteristics
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- 2 October 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 8 (1) , 346
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-346
Abstract
A number of studies have reported low uptake of cancer screening programmes by South Asian populations in the UK. However, studies to date have not adjusted findings for differences in demographics and socio-economic status of these populations.Keywords
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