Cervical cancer incidence and screening. Status report on women in the United States

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 130-134

  Martin, Linda M ^a   Parker, Sheryl L ^a   Wingo, Phyllis A ^a   Heath Jr , Clark W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervix neoplasms; mass screening utilization; neoplasm staging; racial stocks; socioeconomic factors; vaginal smears utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029905418     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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