Self-reported cervical screening practices and beliefs of women from urban, rural and remote regions

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-179

  Girgis, A ^a,b   Bonevski, Billie ^a   Perkins, Janice ^a   Sanson Fisher, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Health Research & Psycho oncology CHeRP   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TELEPHONE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0033045778     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443619965543     Document Type: Article

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