Socio-Economic and Health Access Determinants of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Income Countries: Analysis of the World Health Survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Akinyemiju, Tomi F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84869100476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048834     Document Type: Article

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