Introduction
Barriers to Health Care
Health Disparities
Breaking Barriers
Electronic Library
Acknowledgments
   
HEALTH DISPARITIES (3 OF 8)

2. American Indian and Alaskan Native Women in the United States have a higher risk of death from cervical cancer than the general population due to low screening with Papinicolaou tests.

Couglin SS, Uhler RJ, Blackman DK. Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Practices among American Indian and Alaska Native Women in the United States, 1992-1997. Preventive Medicine. 1999:29:287-295

 
     

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