Determinants of preventive health behavior in relation to cervical cancer screening among the female population of Belgrade

Health Education Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-211

  Matejic, Bojana ^a   Vukovic, Dejana ^a   Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^a   Kesic, Vesna ^a   Markovic, Milica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERBIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SERBIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953183384     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyq081     Document Type: Article

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