Beliefs about cervical cancer screening among turkish married women

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 510-515

  Esin, Melek Nihal ^a   Bulduk, Serap ^b   Ardic, Aysun ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health Belief Model; Human papilloma virus; Pap smear; Turkish women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855133471     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0198-y     Document Type: Article

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