Cervical cancer screening among vulnerable women: Factors affecting guideline adherence at a community health centre in Toronto, Ont

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wiedmeyer, Mei Ling ^a   Lofters, Aisha ^b   Rashid, Meb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIGRATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867372401     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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