A survey on the rate and causes of women's participation or nonparticipation in breast and cervical cancers screening programs

Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 37-46

  Soltanahmadi, Zhila ^a   Abbaszadeh, Abbas ^a   Tirgari, Batool ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Cervical cancer; Clinical breast examination; Pap smear; Participation; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SELF EXAMINATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955701078     PISSN: 16802993     EISSN: 20082363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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