Utilization patterns of cervical cancer screening in Italy

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-140

  Barbadoro, Pamela ^a   Ricciardi, Alessandra ^a   Di Tondo, Elena ^a   Vallorani, Sarah ^a   Mazzarini, Giorgia ^a   Prospero, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Cervical cancer screening; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84927697329     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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