Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , April 2011

Determinants of adequate follow-up of an abnormal Papanicolaou result among Jamaican women in Portland, Jamaica

  • Su Jin Jeong

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Maternal and Child Health, RPHB 320, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA
    • Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, RPHB 320, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, RPHB 320, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA. Tel.: +1 205 934 3939; fax: +1 205 934 3347.
    • ,
  • Ekta Saroha

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Maternal and Child Health, RPHB 320, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA
    • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria, Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Jeremy Knight

      Affiliations

    • North East Regional Health Authority, 34–38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre, Main Street, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica
    • ,
  • Michele Roofe

      Affiliations

    • North East Regional Health Authority, 34–38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre, Main Street, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica
    • ,
  • Pauline E. Jolly

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Epidemiology, RPHB 217, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA

,Accepted 2 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.07.004

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , April 2011

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