Pap smear screening among urban southwestern American Indian Women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 510-518

  Risendal, B ^a   DeZapien, J ^a,b   Fowler, B ^a   Papenfuss, M ^a   Giuliano, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Arizona Prevention Center   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian health; Minority women's health; Pap smear screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0033373633     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0565     Document Type: Article

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