Socio-demographic and behavioural risk factors for cervical cancer and knowledge, attitude and practice in rural and urban areas of North Bengal, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1093-1096

  Raychaudhuri, Sreejata ^a   Mandal, Sukanta ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chi square test; HPV; PAP test; Risk factor; Rural urban differentials

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COITUS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COITUS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MARITAL STATUS; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873053195     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1093     Document Type: Article

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