Estimates of delays in diagnosis of cervical cancer in Nepal

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gyenwali, Deepak ^a   Khanal, Gita ^b   Paudel, Rajan ^a   Amatya, Archana ^a   Pariyar, Jitendra ^c   Onta, Sharad R ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Bharatpur Hospital   (Nepal)

^c BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alarming symptoms; Cervical cancer; Delays; Health care provider; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 84894419093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-29     Document Type: Article

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