Breast self-examination and cervical (Pap) smear test: Attitudes and self-reported practices among South African women

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Peltzer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLACKS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035431852     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.1.27     Document Type: Article

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