General practitioner based screening for cervical cancer: Higher participation of women with a higher risk?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-39

  Kant, A C ^a   Palm, B T H M ^a   Wentink, E ^a   Van Weel, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031395588     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139700400111     Document Type: Article

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