"Inside and outside": Sikh women's perspectives on cervical cancer screening

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-189

  Oelke, Nelly D ^a   Vollman, Ardene Robinson ^b  

^a Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cervical cancer screening; South Asian; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947496579     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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