BMI and cervical cancer screening among white, African-American, and hispanic women in the United States

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1275-1280

  Wee, Christina C ^a,b   Phillips, Russell S ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Health disparities; Pap smear; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33644670959     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.152     Document Type: Article

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