The accuracy of self-reported pap smear utilisation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 969-976

  Bowman, Jennifer Ann ^a,b   Sanson Fisher, Rob ^a   Redman, Sally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hunter Centre for Health Advancement   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Accuracy; Pap smear; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030894145     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00222-5     Document Type: Article

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