Cancer of the cervix: Knowledge and attitudes of female patients admitted at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 467-475

  Kidanto, H L ^a,b   Kilewo, C D ^a   Moshiro, C ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b NONE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN;

EID: 0036769196     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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