Screening behaviors and cultural barriers in women with newly diagnosed cervical cancer

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-429

  Erickson, Britt K ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Straughn Jr , J Michael ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; cervical cancer screening; health care disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885307432     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3182818e31     Document Type: Article

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