Pap smears in general practice: A secondary analysis of the Australian morbidity and treatment survey 1990 to 1991

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Reid, Sharon E ^a,b   Simpson, Judy M ^a   Britt, Helena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030833004     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01696.x     Document Type: Article

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