Primary care physicians' awareness and adherence to cervical cancer screening guidelines in Texas

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-145

  Holland Barkis, Penelope ^a   Forjuoh, Samuel N ^a   Couchman, Glen R ^a   Capen, Charles ^b   Rascoe, Terry G ^a   Reis, Michael D ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Guidelines; PAP testing; Prevention; Primary care setting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 32144443451     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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