Barriers and facilitating factors for cervical cancer screening: A qualitative study from Iran

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Akbari, F ^a   Shakibazadeh, E ^b   Pourreza, A ^a   Tavafian, S S ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap smear; Practice; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 78149250390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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