Perceptions of cervical cancer and Pap smear screening behavior by women's sexual orientation

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-105

  Price, James H ^a,c   Easton, Alyssa N ^a   Telljohann, Susan K ^a   Wallace, Patricia B ^b  

^a Department of Health Education ^*

^b Mercy College of Northwest Ohio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029922845     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01682301     Document Type: Article

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