Knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and Pap smear testing behavior among female primary health care workers: A study from South Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6389-6392

  Coskun, Savas ^a   Can, Huseyin ^b   Turan, Sercan ^b  

^a Family Health Center   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap smear test; Public health workers; Risk factors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892461098     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6389     Document Type: Article

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