The use of Pap smear and its influencing factors among women with disabilities in Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Huang, Kuang Hua ^a   Tsai, Wen Chen ^a   Kung, Pei Tseng ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disability; Disabled women; Pap smear; Preventive health service; Severity of disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 81255184399     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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