Barriers and facilitators of cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-134

  Byrd, Theresa L ^a   Chavez, Rafaelita ^a   Wilson, Katherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to screening; Cervical cancer screening; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PAIN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33846937359     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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