Cervical cancer screening in Tamilnadu, India: A feasibility study of training the village health nurse

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 520-524

  Gajalakshmi, Chittukadu Kesavan ^a   Krishnamurthi, Sundaram ^a   Ananth, Revathy ^a   Shanta, Viswanathan ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; India; Pap smear; Screening; Village health nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0029845198     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051884     Document Type: Article

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