Prevalence and risk factors for lifetime exposure to Pap smear abnormalities in the Australian community

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-279

  Posner, T Natasha ^a   Boyle, Frances M ^b   Purdie, David M ^c   Dunne, Michael P ^d   Najman, Jake M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abnormal results; Cervical screening; HPV; Population based survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; TELEPHONE; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33751195948     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH05044     Document Type: Article

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