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Issues in Lung Cancer Screening Among Asian American Immigrants

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  1. Seattle University College of Nursing, 901 12th Ave, P.O. Box 222000, Seattle, WA, 98122-1090, USA

    Mo-Kyung Sin

  2. Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research, Seattle, WA, USA

    Vicky Taylor

  3. Division of General Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Shin-Ping Tu

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Sin, MK., Taylor, V. & Tu, SP. Issues in Lung Cancer Screening Among Asian American Immigrants. J Immigrant Minority Health 18, 495–496 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0230-0

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