Pap test intervals used by physicians serving low-income women through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 670-678

  Cooper, Crystale Purvis ^a   Saraiya, Mona ^a   McLean, Teresa Abend ^a   Hannan, Judy ^a   Leismann, Jaime M ^a   Wijesinha, Shyanika ^a   Lawson, Herschel W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 27844470073     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.670     Document Type: Article

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