Cervical cancer screening: Knowledge among student workers in a rural area of Mexico

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-209

  González Losa, Maria del R ^a   Canto Peréz, José L ^a   Puerto Solís, Marylin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Mexico; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WORK; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 33846304586     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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