Impact of cancer screening on women's health

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-147

  Elovainio, L ^a   Nieminen, P ^b   Miller, A B ^c  

^a Cancer Society of Finland   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast; Pap smear test; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030742715     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(97)02859-2     Document Type: Article

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