United Kingdom national audit of breast fine needle aspiration cytology in 1990-91 - Organization and level of activity

Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 316-325

  Hunt, C M ^a   Wilson, S ^b   Pinder, S E ^a   Elston, C W ^a   Ellis, I O ^a,c  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast fine needle aspiration cytology; cytology service; smear preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029953378     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1996.tb00310.x     Document Type: Article

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