Breast and cervical cancer screening and associated factors among older adult women in South Africa

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2473-2476

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aged 50; Cancer; Chronic diseases; Mammography; Papanicolaou smear test; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84899877182     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.6.2473     Document Type: Article

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