Awareness of Cervical Cancer among Couples in a Slum Area of Mumbai |
Donta, Balaiah
(Department of Biostatistics, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR))
Begum, Shahina (Department of Biostatistics, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR)) Nair, Saritha (Department of Biostatistics, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR)) Naik, D.D. (Department of Biostatistics, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR)) Mali, B.N. (Department of Biostatistics, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR)) Bandiwadekar, Anil (Ex-Executive Health Officer, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM)) |
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