Determinants of cervical cancer screening in a poor area: Results of a population-based survey in Rivas, Nicaragua

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 935-941

  Claeys, P ^a   Gonzalez, C ^a   Gonzalez, M ^a   Page, H ^a   Bello, R E ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Determinants; Population based survey

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DESIGN; HEALTH MONITORING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGLIGENCE; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0036435751     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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