Women's knowledge about cervical cancer, Pap smear and human papillomavirus and its relation to screening in Argentina

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-87

  Paolino, Melisa ^a   Arrossi, Silvina ^b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cervical cancer; Human papilloma virus; Knowledge; Pap smears

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952491905     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2010.542547     Document Type: Article

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