Cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates of year 2012 attending national graduate orientation program, Bhutan

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dhendup, Tshering ^a   Tshering, Pandup ^b  

^a Health Research and Epidemiology Unit Planning and Policy Division Ministry of Heath   (Bhutan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Bhutan cervical cancer knowledge; Determinants; Screening behavior; University graduates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BHUTAN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BHUTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897949806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-44     Document Type: Article

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