Breast and cervical cancer screening: Knowledge, attitudes and behavior among schoolteachers in Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-311

  Pavia, Maria ^a   Ricciardi, Gualtiero ^b   Bianco, Aida ^a   Pantisano, Pasquale ^c   Langiano, Elisa ^b   Angelillo, Italo Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^c Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast and cervical cancer; Italy; Mammography; Pap smear; Predictors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032992743     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007570926967     Document Type: Article

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