A family practice residency cervical screening project: Perceived screening barriers

Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-123

  Branoff, Richard ^a   Santi, Kathleen ^a   Campbell, John K ^a   Roetzheim, Richard ^b   Oler, Michael ^a  

^a HALIFAX MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031045337     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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