Screening for cervical cancer

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Guidozzi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; CANCER; CERVICAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; DEATH RATE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMICS; EVALUATION; EVALUATION INDEXES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029964254     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199604000-00021     Document Type: Review

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