Encouraging underscreened women to have cervical cancer screening: The effectiveness of a computer strategy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 801-807

  Campbell, Elizabeth ^a,d   Peterkin, Danna ^a   Abbott, Richard ^b   Rogers, John ^c  

^a Hunter Centre for Health Advancement   (Australia)

^b Scone Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c Brook Medical Centre   (Australia)

^d NCCI   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Computer; General practitioners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031281717     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0195     Document Type: Article

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