Perceptions and concerns of women undergoing Pap smear examination in a tertiary care hospital of India

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-482

  Tiwari, A ^a,b   Kishore, J ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Kasturba Hospital and Swami Dayanand Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; hygienic practices; Pap smear examination; perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84856870155     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.92261     Document Type: Article

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