Young women and cervical cancer screening: What barriers persist?

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-21

  Black, Agnes T ^a   McCulloch, Anne ^b   Martin, Ruth Elwood ^b   Kan, Lisa ^c  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Pap tests; Young women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960069163     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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