Randomised trial of intensive academic detailing to promote opportunistic recruitment of women to cervical screening by general practitioners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-281

  Young, Jane M ^a,b   Ward, Jeanette E ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLPOSCOPY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0038040573     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00394.x     Document Type: Article

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