Cervical cancer screening: Knowledge, attitude and practices among nursing staff in a tertiary level teaching institution of rural india

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3641-3645

  Shekhar, Shashank ^a   Sharma, Chanderdeep ^b   Thakur, Sita ^b   Raina, Nidhi ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b RPGMC   (India)

Author keywords

cancer screening programme; Cervical cancer; Nursing staff; Pap smear; Screening attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882735204     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3641     Document Type: Article

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