Life stressors are an important reason for women discontinuing follow-up care for cervical neoplasia

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Coker, Ann L ^a   Bond, Sharon M ^b   Pirisi, Lucia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33644753665     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0148     Document Type: Article

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