Comprehensive knowledge about cervical cancer is low among women in Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Getahun, Frehiwot ^a   Mazengia, Fekadu ^a   Abuhay, Mulunesh ^a   Birhanu, Zelalem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Knowledge; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871678472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-2     Document Type: Article

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