Understanding cervical cancer screening among lesbians: A national survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tracy, J Kathleen ^a   Schluterman, Nicholas H ^a   Greenberg, Deborah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Health behavior; Homosexuality; Papanicolaou test; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876966868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-442     Document Type: Article

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