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Jordanian women’s attitudes towards cervical cancer screening: has the pattern changed?

Fida AsaliFaculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Rashid Abdel-RazeqFaculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan;
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Ahmad Al-ThunaibatFaculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan;
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Abrar OkourFaculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan;
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Salem Abu MahfouzFaculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan;
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Ismaiel Abu MahfouzFaculty of Medicine, Al Balqa Applied University, Al Salt, Jordan
Pages 564-568 | Published online: 03 Sep 2019

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