Knowledge, attitudes, and practice related to cervical cancer screening among Kuwaiti women

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Al Sairafi, Mona ^a   Mohamed, Farida A ^b  

^a Mishref Clinic   (Kuwait)

^b Rumethia Primary Health Care Clinic   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Knowledge; Kuwait; Papanicolaou smear screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349124852     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163044     Document Type: Article

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