Cervical cancer: the sub-Saharan African perspective

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 16, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Anorlu, Rose I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

cervical cancer and screening; health policies and programmes; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 56249139744     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)32415-X     Document Type: Article

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