Cervical cancer screening: Current knowledge & practice among women in a rural population of Kerala, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-210

  Aswathy, S ^a   Quereshi, Mariya Amin ^a   Kurian, Beteena ^a   Leelamoni, K ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Knowledge; Practice; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84866759280     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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