Beliefs about the risk factors for cervical cancer in a British population sample

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 745-753

  Waller, Jo ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causal beliefs; Cervical cancer; Cervical screening; HPV; Papillomavirus; Public understanding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 2942515110     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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