Associations between religion-related factors and cervical cancer screening among muslims in greater chicago

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-332

  Padela, Aasim I ^a,b,c,d   Peek, Monica ^c   Johnson Agbakwu, Crista E ^e,f   Hosseinian, Zahra ^a   Curlin, Farr ^c  

^a Initiative on Islam and Medicine Program on Medicine and Religion   (United States)

^b Section of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c Section of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening disparities; Islam; Pap testing; Religious discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; ISLAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSLIM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHICAGO; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915766582     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000026     Document Type: Article

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