Cervical smears - An opportunity for disinvestment?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 410, 1996, Pages 537-538

  Spence, Martin T ^a   Woodman, Ciaran ^a   Collins, Stuart ^a   Donnelly, Brad ^a   Desai, Minaxi ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Disinvestment; Medical audit; Unscheduled screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029780672     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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