A pilot study of cervical screening in an inner city area - Lessons for a national programme

Cytopathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Herity, B ^a,g   McDonald, P ^a   Johnson, Z ^b   Carroll, B ^c   Cody, M ^d   Duignan, N ^a   McGee, D ^c   O'Kelly, F ^e   Hurley, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Health Information Unit   (Ireland)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Systems Development Unit   (Ireland)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f Eastern Health Board   (Ireland)

^g Dept Pub Hlth Med Epidemiol   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Inner city; Non response; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030947427     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1997.4475044.x     Document Type: Article

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