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International Journal of Gynecology & Clinical Practices Volume 7 (2020), Article ID 7:IJGCP-154, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2020/154
Original Article
A Qualitative Assessment of Cervical Cancer Risk Perceptions among Women in Rural El Salvador

Alan J. Rosenbaum1,2*, Ruben Figueroa3,4, Michelle Rowland5,6, Mauricio Maza4, Karla M. Alfaro4, Judy C. Chang6 and Miriam L. Cremer4,7,8

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2Fulbright U.S. Student Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA
3Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado, San Salvador, El Salvador
4Basic Health International, San Salvador, El Salvador
5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA
6Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
7Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
8Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Dr. Alan J. Rosenbaum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3031 Old Clinic Building; CB 7570, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7570, USA, Tel: 718 270 2365, Fax: 718 270 4122; E-mail: alan_rosenbaum@med.unc.edu
27 February 2020; 31 March 2019; 02 April 2019
Rosenbaum AJ, Figueroa R, Rowland M, Maza M, Alfaro KM, et al. (2020) A Qualitative Assessment of Cervical Cancer Risk Perceptions among Women in Rural El Salvador. Int J Gynecol Clin Pract 7: 154. https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2020/154
This study was funded by the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust and the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program. These institutions did not participate in any portion of the study.
© 2020 Rosenbaum et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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