Anticipated shame and worry following an abnormal Pap test result: The impact of information about HPV

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 415-419

  Waller, Jo ^a   Marlow, Laura A V ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Papillomavirus; Psychological impact; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHAME; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SHAME; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65549168018     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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