Factors influencing the uptake of screening services for breast and cervical cancer in Taiwan

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-334

  Lin, Shin Jong ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Mammogram; Pap tests; Preventive care

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 55949095241     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466424007092802     Document Type: Article

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