Can a home-visit invitation increase pap smear screening in samliem, khon kaen, thailand?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-123

  Chalapati, Wadwilai ^a   Chumworathayi, Bandit ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap smear; Screening coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34547812666     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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