Increasing knowledge about and uptake of cervical cancer screening in Hong Kong Chinese women over 40 years

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Twinn, Sheila F ^a   Holroyd, E ^a   Fabrizio, C ^b   Moore, A ^b   Dickinson, J A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Formerly of the Hong Kong Cancer Fund ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84973550766     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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