Knowledge and attitudes as predictors of cervical cancer screening among women in a Venezuelan urban area;Conocimientos y actitudes como predictores en la pesquisa del cuello uterino en mujeres en un área urbana Venezolana

Investigacion Clinica (Venezuela)

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-33

  Núñez Troconis, José ^a,b   Tulliani, Elisabetta ^a   Martínez, María Gabriela ^a   Fernández, Ninorka ^a  

^a Hospital Noriega Trigo   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cervical cancer screening; Educational level; Knowledge; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876496153     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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