"PAP" SMEAR AND THE RISK OF CERVICAL NEOPLASIA: QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES FROM A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

The Lancet

Volumn 324, Issue 8406, 1984, Pages 779-782

  Vecchia, CarloLa ^a,b   Decarli, Adriano ^a,b   Gentile, Antonella ^a,b   Franceschi, Silvia ^a,b   Fasoli, Monica ^a,b   Tognoni, Gianni ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0021167907     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(84)90705-0     Document Type: Article

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