Racial and ethnic differences in personal cervical cancer screening amongst post-graduate physicians: Results from a cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ross, Joseph S ^a,b   Nũez Smith, Marcella ^c   Forsyth, Beverly A ^a   Rosenbaum, Julie R ^c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049176523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-378     Document Type: Article

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