A review of a prison cervical cancer screening program in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 382-386

  Martin, Ruth Elwood ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRISON; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032449688     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404079     Document Type: Article

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