Sociodemographic predictors of pap test receipt, currency and knowledge among Australian women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 362-368

  Siahpush, Mohammad ^a   Singh, Gopal K ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Cervical cancer screening; Ethnicity; Sociodemographic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE EAST; NEW ZEALAND; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0036440596     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1086     Document Type: Article

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