A study on cervical cancer screening amongst nurses in lagos university teaching hospital, lagos, nigeria

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Awodele, O ^a   Adeyomoye, A A A ^b   Awodele, D F ^c   Kwashi, V ^c   Awodele, I O ^d   Dolapo, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Nurses; Pap smear; Screening techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855139836     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0187-6     Document Type: Article

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