Cervical cancer screening and the older woman. Obstacles and opportunities

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-129

  Brooks, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

age group older than 50; aging; cervical cytology; cervical neoplasm; Papanicolaou screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029929859     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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