Sociodemographic factors of Pap smear screening in Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Wang, P D ^a   Lin, R S ^b  

^a Taipei Wanhwa District Health Center   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pap smear; Screening; Underuse

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SCREENING; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0029947351     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80059-X     Document Type: Article

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