Observer variability among colposcopists from the West Midlands region

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1380-1384

  Etherington, I J ^a   Luesley, D M ^a   Shafi, M I ^a   Dunn, J ^b   Hiller, L ^b   Jordan, J A ^c  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030699179     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11007.x     Document Type: Article

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