Cervical Cancer Worry and Screening Among Appalachian Women

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-92

  Kelly, Kimberly M ^a   Schoenberg, Nancy ^b   Wilson, Tomorrow D ^c   Atkins, Elvonna ^a   Dickinson, Stephanie ^d   Paskett, Electra ^e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Psychosocial impact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925483021     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-014-0379-7     Document Type: Article

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