Determinants of adequate follow-up of an abnormal Papanicolaou result among Jamaican women in Portland, Jamaica

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-216

  Jeong, Su Jin ^a,c   Saroha, Ekta ^a,d   Knight, Jeremy ^b   Roofe, Michele ^b   Jolly, Pauline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b North East Regional Health Authority   (Jamaica)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^d JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abnormal Pap smear; Adequate follow up; Advice on follow up; Jamaica; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953115723     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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