Exploring the barriers to cervical screening in an urban Canadian setting

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 441-449

  Fitch, Margaret I ^a   Greenberg, Marlene ^a   Cava, Maureen ^b   Spaner, Donna ^c   Taylor, Karmel ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b City of North York Public Health Department   (Canada)

^c Lawrence Heights Comm Health Centre   (Canada)

^d Flemingdon Pk Comm Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Cervical screenings; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031787981     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199812000-00008     Document Type: Article

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