Cervical cancer screening among college students in Ghana knowledge and health beliefs

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-416

  Abotchie, Peter N ^a   Shokar, Navkiran K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Ghanaian women; Health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PAIN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149182683     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1d6de     Document Type: Article

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