Use of and attitudes and knowledge about Pap smears among women in Kuwait

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1825-1832

  El Hammasi, Khadija ^a   Samir, Ola ^a   Kettaneh, Soania ^a   Al Fadli, Athari ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; KUWAIT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449119061     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1227     Document Type: Article

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