Factors affecting cervical screening among Turkish women

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1641-1644

  Erbil, Nülüfer ^a   Tezcan, Yasemin ^a   Gür, Elif Nur ^a   Yildirim, Merve ^a   Aliş, Neslihan ^a  

^a ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Influencing factors; Pap test history

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956155360     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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