Cervical cancer awareness and cervical screening uptake at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Afikpo, Southeast Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 238-243

  Eze, J N ^a,b   Umeora, O U ^a,c   Obuna, J A ^a,b   Egwuatu, V E ^a   Ejikeme, B N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Nigeria)

^b Mater Misericordiae Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Awareness; cervical cancer; screening; uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870190700     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.102856     Document Type: Article

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