Screening for cervical cancer among Israeli lesbian women: Original Article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-441

  Ben Natan, M ^a   Adir, O ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health Belief Model; Israeli Lesbian Women; Pap Smear Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LESBIAN; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449482626     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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