Lower utilization of cervical cancer screening by nurses in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 82-84

  Chung, Shiu Dong ^a,b,c   Pfeiffer, Stefani ^d   Lin, Herng Ching ^c  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurses; Papanicolaou smear; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 79960595377     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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