Understanding the barriers to cervical cancer screening among older women

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1116-1131

  Van Til, Linda ^a   MacQuarrie, Colleen ^a   Herbert, Rosemary ^b  

^a Department of Health and Social Services ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Health system research; Pap screening; Population health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0642335753     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732303255975     Document Type: Article

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