Hirut Teame: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Adamu Addissie: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Wondimu Ayele: Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Selamawit Hirpa: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Alem Gebremariam:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2173-6685
Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review &
editing
Gdiom Gebreheat: Role: Formal analysisRole: Resources
Ahmedin Jemal: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole:
SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Tomi F. Akinyemiju: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
19
January
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0191506
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University,
Adigrat, Ethiopia
[2
]
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
[3
]
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University,
Adigrat, Ethiopia
[4
]
Surveillance & Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia,
United States of America
University of Kentucky, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-27639
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191506
PMC ID: 5774809
PubMed ID: 29352278
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Funded by: Intramural Research Department of the American Cancer Society
Award Recipient
:
Ahmedin Jemal
This work was supported by the Intramural Research Department of the American Cancer
Society.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancers and Neoplasms
Subject:
Gynecological Tumors
Subject:
Cervical Cancer
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Lesions
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Lesions
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Subject:
Cancer Screening
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Subject:
Cancer Screening
Subject:
Engineering and Technology
Subject:
Industrial Engineering
Subject:
Quality Control
Subject:
Visual Inspection
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Prevention
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Infectious Disease Control
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Risk Factors