Why women do not take the Papanicolau test? Barriers perceived by women in a program of cervical cancer;¿por qué las mujeres no se toman el papanicolau?: Barreras percibidas por un grupo de mujeres ingre-sadas al programa de cáncer cervicouterino auge

Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Maria Teresa Urrutia, S ^a   Lauren Poupin, B ^a   Ximena Concha, P ^a   Daisy Vinales A ^b   Cecilia Iglesias, N ^b   Viviana Reyes, I ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Sur Oriente (SSMSO)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cervical cancer; Health programs; Papanicolau test

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949125646     PISSN: 0048766X     EISSN: 07177526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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