Cervical cancer and the HPV link: Identifying areas for education in Mexico City's public hospitals

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Aldrich, Tess ^a   Landis, Sarah ^b   García, Sandra G ^c   Becker, Davida ^d   Sanhueza, Patricio ^e   Higuera, Anjarath ^f  

^a GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Reproductive Health Program   (Mexico)

^f Mexicana Air Lines   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus; Mexico; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEXICO; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 33746921183     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342006000300008     Document Type: Article

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