Cervical cancer among Aboriginal women in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 743-744

  Demers, Alain A ^a,b,c   Kliewer, Erich V ^b,c,d   Remes, Olivia ^a   Onysko, Jay ^a   Dinner, Katherine ^a   Wong, Tom ^a,e   Jayaraman, Gayatri C ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NOTE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84859846857     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.110523     Document Type: Note

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