Association of schistosomiasis with cervical cancer: Detecting bias in clinical studies

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-16

  Riffenburgh, R H ^a,b   Olson, P E ^a   Johnstone, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030883679     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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