Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Concerning cervical cancer and screening among rural and urban female healthcare practitioners in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3023-3028

  Tran, Nguyen Toan ^a,b   Taylor, Richard ^b   Choe, Song Il ^c   Pyo, Hae Suk ^c   Kim, Ok Suk ^c   So, Hyon Chol ^c  

^a East Southeast Asia and Oceania Regional Office ^*  (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Pyongyang Maternity Hospital   (North Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; KAP; Low resource setting; North Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863321664     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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