Cervical cancer screening in Bulgaria - Past and present experience

Tumori

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 538-544

  Valerianova, Zdravka ^a   Panayotova, Yulia ^b   Amati, Camilla ^c   Baili, Paolo ^c  

^a National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b Health Psychology Research Center   (Bulgaria)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barriers; Bulgaria; Cervical cancer; EUROCHIP; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BULGARIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957196390     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600405     Document Type: Article

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