Trends in cervical cancer mortality in South Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 488-493

  Bailie, R S ^a,c   Selvey, C E ^a   Bourne, D ^a   Bradshaw, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Mortality; Screening; South Africa; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYTOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; BLACKS; CANCER; CERVICAL CANCER; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WHITES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030015393     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.488     Document Type: Article

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