Rapid rescreening of cervical smears as a quality control method

Cytopathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Cross, P A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; False negatives; Internal quality control; Rapid rescreening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030933541     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1997.tb00588.x     Document Type: Article

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