Awareness of cervical cancer risk factors and screening behaviour among nurses in a rural region of turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 735-738

  Ertem, Gul ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Nurses; Pap smear test; Screening behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952305671     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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