Information and cervical screening: A qualitative study of women's awareness, understanding and information needs about HPV

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Goldsmith, Megan R ^a   Bankhead, Clare R ^a   Kehoe, Sean T ^b   Marsh, Gill ^c   Austoker, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947325324     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914107780154459     Document Type: Article

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