Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Knowledge, perception and predictors of uptake of cervical screening among rural Nigerian women

Abiodun Olumide A.
  • Abiodun Olumide A.
  • Department of Community Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Fatungase Olatunbosun K.
  • Fatungase Olatunbosun K.
  • Ogun State Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
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Olu-Abiodun Oluwatosin O.
  • Olu-Abiodun Oluwatosin O.
  • School of Nursing, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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  •  Accepted: 26 November 2013
  •  Published: 31 March 2014

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