Mass mailing campaigns to promote screening for cervical cancer: Do they work, and do they continue to work?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 254-260

  Byles, Julie E ^a,c   Sanson Fisher, Rob W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hunter Centre for Health Advancement   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS COMMUNICATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0029825937     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01025.x     Document Type: Article

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