"I have never heard that one": Young girls' knowledge and perception of cervical cancer

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 707-719

  Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a,c   El Shaarawi, Nadia ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; POVERTY AREAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36348939743     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730701671985     Document Type: Article

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