Current approach of health employees in Turkey to pap smear test

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-70

  Yetimalar, Hakan ^a,b   Köksal, Atilla ^a   Kasap, Burcu ^a   Uysal, Akif ^a   Çukurova, Külal ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Health staff; Inquiry; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VACCINATION;

EID: 68749095964     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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