Immigrant women and cervical cancer screening uptake

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 470-475

  Woltman, Kelly J ^a   Newbold, K Bruce ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Environment; Immigrants; Papanicolaou smear; Preventive medicine and public health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249059344     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405441     Document Type: Article

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