Evaluation of the pap smear test status of Turkish women and related factors

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 981-986

  Karabulutlu, Ozlem ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Factors; Pap smears; Participation; Turkish women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877645783     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.2.981     Document Type: Article

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