Awareness of cervical cancer and screening in a Nigerian female market population

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 160-163

  Ogunbode, O O ^a   Ayinde, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cervical cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MARKET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 33745196447     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 15963519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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