Cervical cancer in Bangladesh: community perceptions of cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-505

  Ansink, A C ^a   Tolhurst, R ^b   Haque, R ^c   Saha, S ^d   Datta, S ^e   van den Broek, N R ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Addin Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^d LAMB Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Bangladesh; Cervical cancer; Low resource setting; Mass screening; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 41849090031     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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