Comparison of a community outreach service with opportunity screening for cervical cancer using Pap smears

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Chang, Huan Cheng ^a,b   Hsiung, Hui Yin ^b   Chen, Shu I ^b   Yen, Amy Ming Fang ^c   Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LI SHIN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Cervical cancer screening; Preventive service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 35348826308     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm003     Document Type: Article

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