An equity analysis of health examination service utilization by women from underdeveloped areas in western China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Qian, Yuyan ^a   Gao, Jianmin ^a   Zhou, Zhongliang ^a   Yan, Ju'e ^a   Xu, Yongjian ^a   Yang, Xiaowei ^a   Li, Yanli ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032030525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186837     Document Type: Article

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