Inuit women's attitudes and experiences towards cervical cancer and prevention strategies in Nunavik, Quebec

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cerigo, Helen ^a   Macdonald, Mary Ellen ^a   Franco, Eduardo L ^a   Brassard, Paul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cervical cancer; Experiences; Human papillomavirus; Inuit; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INUITS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859114382     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.17996     Document Type: Article

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