Cervical Cancer Screening Practices of Certified Nurse-Midwives in the United States

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Murphy, Patricia Aikins ^a   Schwarz, Eleanor Bimla ^a   Dyer, Jane M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

certified nurse midwives; cervical cancer; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE MIDWIFERY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 37349004477     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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