Cervical Cancer Screening in a Vietnamese Nominal Cohort

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-261

  Taylor, Richard J ^a   Morrell, Stephen L ^a   Mamoon, Hassan A ^a,b   Macansh, Sacha ^c   Ross, Jayne ^a   Wain, Gerard V ^a  

^a NSW Cervical Screening Program   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Electoral roll; Nominal cohort; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PAP TEST REGISTER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIETNAM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0242381729     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785032000136443     Document Type: Article

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