A critical review of the literature on the uptake of cervical and breast screening in British South Asian women

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-261

  Sokal, Rachel ^a  

^a NHS Nottinghamshire County   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Cancer; Cervical screening; Review

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956967492     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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