Barriers in cervical cancer screening programs in new European Union member states

Tumori

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-516

  Anttila, Ahti ^a,i   Arbyn, Marc ^b   Veerus, Piret ^c   Viberga, Ilze ^d   Kurtinaitiene, Ruta ^e   Valerianova, Zdravka ^f   Apostol, Iuliana ^g   Baili, Paolo ^h   Micheli, Andrea ^h  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^e VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^g VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; EUROCHIP; Europe; Screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957201636     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600401     Document Type: Short Survey

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