Women's cancer screening according to body mass index in a cohort of rural Korean women

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-650

  Kim, Bo Hwan ^a   Koh, Sang Baek ^a   Hur, Hea Kung ^a   Park, Jong Ku ^a   Park, So Mi ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mammography; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH KOREA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70849125122     PISSN: 15982874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4040/jkan.2009.39.5.641     Document Type: Article

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