Determinants of acceptance of cervical cancer screening in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kahesa, Crispin ^a,b   Kjaer, Susanne ^a   Mwaiselage, Julius ^b   Ngoma, Twalib ^b   Tersbol, Britt ^a   Dartell, Myassa ^a   Rasch, Vibeke ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Ocean Road Cancer Institute ^*  (Tanzania)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Demographic characteristics; Knowledge; Screening acceptance; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871158258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1093     Document Type: Article

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