Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 177-181 , November 2006

Context of barriers to Pap testing in Korean women

  • SoMi Park, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Kangwon-do 220-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • SoonBok Chang, PhD, RN, RIHHHC

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea
    • ,
  • ChaeWeon Chung, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 740 8482; fax: +82 2 765 4103.

Received 11 April 2005 ,Accepted 6 September 2005.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00081-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.09.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 177-181 , November 2006

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