Who is getting Pap smears in urban Peru?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 862-869

  Paz Soldan, Valerie A ^a   Lee, Frank H ^b   Carcamo, Cesar ^c   Holmes, King K ^d   Garnett, Geoff P ^e   Garcia, Patricia ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peru; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERU; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48349140036     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn118     Document Type: Article

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