Knowledge about cervical cancer, Pap test and barriers towards cervical screening of women in Turkey

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-383

  Yanikkerem, Emre ^a   Goker, Asli ^a   Piro, Nicole ^a   Dikayak, Serife ^a   Koyuncu, Faik Mumtaz ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap test; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84879504909     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0409-1     Document Type: Article

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