Reported pap test use by hispanic women in Connecticut and long island

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-8

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a,b  

^a Planning and Research

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029680521     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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