Lesbian women and knowledge about human papillomavirus

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Polek, Carolee ^a   Hardie, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELAWARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 77955297181     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.ONF.E191-E197     Document Type: Article

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