Knowledge and awareness about cervical cancer and its prevention amongst interns and nursing staff in tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ali, Syed Faizan ^a   Ayub, Samia ^a   Manzoor, Nauman Fazal ^a   Azim, Sidra ^a   Afif, Muneeza ^a   Akhtar, Nida ^a   Jafery, Wassi Ali ^a   Tahir, Imran ^a   Farid ul Hasnian, Syed ^a   Uddin, Najam ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PAKISTAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956210936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011059     Document Type: Article

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