Qualitative study of cervical cancer screening among lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 455-463

  Johnson, Michael J ^a   Nemeth, Lynne S ^b   Mueller, Martina ^b   Eliason, Michele J ^c   Stuart, Gail W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Early detection of cancer; GLBT persons; Health screening; Health services; Homosexuality; Papanicolaou test; Qualitative research; Qualitative studies; Transgender persons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL MINORITIES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957824503     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000338     Document Type: Article

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