An evaluation of educational outreach to general practitioners as part of a statewide cervical screening program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1177-1181

  Stevens, Shirley A ^a,c   Cockburn, Jill ^b   Hirst, Sheila ^c   Jolley, Damien ^a,d  

^a Anti Cancer Council of Victoria   (Australia)

^b Loreto Clinic   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030758106     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.7.1177     Document Type: Article

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