Pap prevalence and cervical cancer prevention among Alaska Native women

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 471-486

  Lanier, Anne P ^a   Kelly, Janet J ^a   Holck, Peter ^a  

^a Alaska Native Health Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033185749     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245566     Document Type: Article

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