Pap smear screening practices in newcomer women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-88

  Matuk, Lucia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0029920799     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1049-3867(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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