Male partner involvement in reducing loss to follow-up after cervical cancer screening in Uganda

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Mutyaba, Twaha ^a,b   Mirembe, Florence ^a   Sandin, Sven ^b   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c,d,e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Loss to follow up; Male partner involvement; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALITY; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 70449533740     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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