Knowledge, attitude and practice of the pap smear as a screening procedure among nurses in a tertiary hospital in North Eastern India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 849-852

  Thippeveeranna, Chamaraja ^a   Mohan, Surekha Sadhana ^a   Singh, Laiphrakpam Ranjit ^b   Singh, Naorem Nabakishore ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (India)

^b REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cervical cancer; Knowledge; Pap smear; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84877678466     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.2.849     Document Type: Article

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