Innovative Approaches to Cervical Cancer Screening for Sex Trade Workers: An International Scoping Review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-239

  Thulien, Naomi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Prostitution; Sex worker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; PEER REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CANCER SCREENING; CERVICAL CANCER; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SEX WORKERS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84900861303     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30631-9     Document Type: Article

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