Community education on cervical cancer amongst market women in an Urban Area of Lagos, Nigeria

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Wright, Kikelomo O ^a   Kuyinu, Y A ^a   Faduyile, F A ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Intervention; Knowledge; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955836974     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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