Factors associated with the use of breast and cervical cancer screening services among Chinese women in Hong Kong

Public Health

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 212-217

  Abdullah, A S M ^a   Leung, K F ^a   Leung, C K L ^a   Leung, N S ^a   Leung, W W S ^a   Leung, Y Y ^a   Leung, R Y Y ^a   Li, K Y ^a   Li, P H ^a   Liang, Y S ^a   Liem, W ^a   Lin, W C ^a   Ling, Y H ^a   Liu, T C K ^a   Liu, K W ^a   Lo, S S W ^a   Leung, T Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese women; Health care utilisation; Mammogram; Papanicolau test

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; STAFF; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0034993904     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900753     Document Type: Article

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