An exploration of Papanicolaou smear history and behavior of patients with newly diagnosed cervical cancer in Taiwan

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 362-368

  Cheng, Hui Hsin ^a   Chao, Angel ^a   Liao, Mei Nan ^a   Lin, Jr Rung ^a   Huang, Huei Jean ^a   Chou, Hung Hsueh ^a   Chang, Ting Chang ^a   Chen, Wei Ju ^a   Kuo, Hsiao Ying ^a   Lai, Chyong Huey ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Education strategies; Knowledge; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77955227787     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181d6f792     Document Type: Article

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