Determining nurse-midwives' knowledge of the pap-smear test and their rate of being tested in Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1353-1360

  Savas, Hacer Gulen ^a   Taskin, Lale ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nurses midwives; Pap smear test; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857974871     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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