Participation in highly subsidised cervical cancer screening by women in Enugu, South-east Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-307

  Obi, S N ^a   Ozumba, B C ^a   Nwokocha, A R ^a   Waboso, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Nigeria; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34247617261     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701227976     Document Type: Review

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