Patient knowledge about human papillomavirus and relationship to history of abnormal Papanicolaou test results

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Benning, Briana R ^a   Lund, Michael R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Human; Papanicolaou smear; Papillomavirus; Uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 33846030500     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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