Barriers to cervical cancer screening among middle-aged and older rural appalachian women

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 500-512

  Studts, Christina R ^a   Tarasenko, Yelena N ^b   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Barriers; Cervical cancer; Middle aged; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877926128     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9639-8     Document Type: Article

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