Attitudes to self-sampling for HPV among Indian, Pakistani, African-Caribbean and white British women in Manchester, UK

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Forrest, S ^a   McCaffery, K ^a,b   Waller, J ^a   Desai, M ^c   Szarewski, A ^d   Cadman, L ^d   Wardle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SELF EVALUATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 3042561540     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914104774061065     Document Type: Article

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