Self-reported use of internet by cervical cancer clients in two National Referral Hospitals in Kenya

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kivuti Bitok, Lucy W ^a   McDonnell, Geoff ^b   Pokhariyal, Ganesh P ^a   Roudsari, Abdul V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; E health; Internet use; Kenya; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TELEMEDICINE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNET; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF REPORT; TELEMEDICINE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874080305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-559     Document Type: Article

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