Women's lay knowledge of cervical cancer/ cervical screening: Accounting for non-attendance at cervical screening clinics

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-575

  Neilson, Anne ^b   Jones, R Kenneth ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Non compliance; Non uptake; Women's knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032161390     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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