Factors associated with papanicolaou smear practice in women in the Pingtung area

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-133

  Lin, Huey Shyan ^a   Wang, Ling Hua ^a   Liu, Shumin ^b   Kang, Chi Chieh ^b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Cervical cancer screening; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NURSE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WIDOW;

EID: 0242662584     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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