Cervical cancer screening in the Flemish region (Belgium): Measurement of the attendance rate by telephone interview

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-398

  Arbyn, M ^a   Quataert, P ^a   Van Hal, G ^b   Van Oyen, H ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health behaviour; Mass screening; Telephone interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030731347     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199708000-00012     Document Type: Article

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