Cervical cancer screening on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Southwest Alaska: A population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 7 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1598-1602

  Provost, Ellen M ^a,b  

^a Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervix neoplasms prevention and control; Eskimos; vaginal smears; Yukon territory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029820633     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961001)78:7<1598::AID-CNCR40>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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