Breast and cervical cancer in indigenous women: Overcoming barriers to early detection

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-182

  Reath, Jennifer ^a   Carey, Marion ^b  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42449116621     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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