Mammograms and pap smears for Australian deaf women

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 405-409

  Wollin, Judy ^b   Elder, Ruth ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Communication; Deaf women; Mammograms; Pap smears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NURSE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0141866879     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200310000-00010     Document Type: Article

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