Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived risk of cervical cancer among kenyan women brief report

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 895-899

  Sudenga, Staci L ^a   Rositch, Anne F ^b   Otieno, Walter A ^c   Smith, Jennifer S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa BRIEF REPORT; Barriers; Cervical Cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880439458     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31828e425c     Document Type: Article

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