HPV, cervical cancer risks, and barriers to care for lesbian women

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-53

  Waterman, Lindsay ^a   Voss, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus; Lesbian women; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925557314     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000457431.20036.5c     Document Type: Article

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