Inadequacy of cervical cancer screening among urban recent immigrants: A population-based study of physician and laboratory claims in Toronto, Canada

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 536-542

  Lofters, Aisha ^a,b,c   Glazier, Richard H ^a,c,d,e   Agha, Mohammad M ^c,e   Creatore, Maria I ^c   Moineddin, Rahim ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Cervical cancer screening; Immigration; Pap smear; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; NORTH AMERICA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34249337414     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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