Silent killer of the night: A feasibility study of an outreach well-women clinic for cervical cancer screening in female sex workers in Hong Kong

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Wong, W C W ^a   Wun, Y T ^b   Chan, K W ^c   Liu, Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Coll of Family Physicians   (Hong Kong)

^c Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health delivery models; Hong Kong; Prostitution; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 38049088453     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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