Screening for cervical cancer among female physicians and their relatives in Taiwan-A population-based comparative study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-535

  Chen, Long Sheng ^a,b   Huang, Nicole ^a   Tsay, Jen Huoy ^c   Wang, Pen Jen ^b   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Chou, Pesus ^a   Lee, Cheng Hua ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; National Health Insurance; Papanicolaou test; Physician

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN;

EID: 34249277097     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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