Cancer screening for women living in urban slums - acceptance and satisfaction

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1681-1685

  Kumar, Yogesh ^a   Mishra, Gauravi ^a   Gupta, Subhadra ^a   Shastri, Surendra ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Low socio economic women; Mumbai, India; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CITIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY AREAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864341041     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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