Using the health belief model to examine and predict college women's cervical cancer screening beliefs and behavior

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-262

  Burak, Lydia J ^a   Meyer, Margaret ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031132365     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339709516279     Document Type: Article

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