Cervical screening of Arabic-speaking women in Australian general practice

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Lesjak, Margaret ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^b,c   Rissel, Chris ^b  

^a Canterbury Division of General Practice

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c Ctrl Sydney Area Hlth Serv N   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; Ethnic health; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031402282     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139700400208     Document Type: Article

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