Is there a language divide in Pap test use?

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 998-1004

  Ponce, Ninez A ^a,b,c   Chawla, Neetu ^c   Babey, Susan H ^a   Gatchell, Melissa S ^b   Etzioni, David A ^c   Spencer, Benjamin A ^d   Brown, E Richard ^a,b   Breen, Nancy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language disparities; Pap test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33750540191     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000233676.61237.ef     Document Type: Article

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