Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening Among US Hispanics/Latinas: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 374-387

  Mann, Lilli ^a   Foley, Kristie L ^b   Tanner, Amanda E ^c   Sun, Christina J ^a   Rhodes, Scott D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Hispanic Latino; Intervention; Screening; Systematic review; Women

Indexed keywords

EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84928669665     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-014-0716-9     Document Type: Review

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