The sexually transmitted disease model for cervical cancer: Incoherent epidemiologic findings and the role of misclassification of human papillomavirus infection

Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 98-106

  Franco, Eduardo L ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Misclassification; Papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX DISEASES; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0026089847     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199103000-00003     Document Type: Article

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