Pap screening and knowledge of risk factors for cervical cancer in Chinese women in British Columbia, Canada

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-281

  Hislop, T Gregory ^a   Teh, Chong ^b   Lai, Agnes ^b   Ralston, James D ^b   Shu, Jianfen ^b   Taylor, Victoria M ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical Cancer; Knowledge; Pap Test; Risk Factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADULT; CANADA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 4043123153     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785042000250102     Document Type: Review

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