Cervical cancer screening among South Asian women in Canada: The role of education and acculturation

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-134

  Gupta, Abha ^a   Kumar, Ashesh ^b   Stewart, Donna E ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIA, WESTERN; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036483860     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993302753429004     Document Type: Article

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