Cervical cancer screening in a rural population of Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 246-251

  Thistle, P J ^a   Chirenje, Z M ^b  

^a Salvation Army   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CERVICAL CANCER--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; PROGRAM DESIGN; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SCREENING; STANDARD; STUDIES; TARGET POPULATION--WOMEN; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CANCER; CERVICAL CANCER--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; NEOPLASMS; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; PROGRAM DESIGN; PROGRAMS; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SCREENING; STUDIES; TARGET POPULATION--WOMEN; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031218757     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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