Pap Smear Utilization in Canada: Estimates after Adjusting the Eligible Population for Hysterectomy Status

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Snider, Judy A ^a   Beauvais, Janet E ^a  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cervical cancer screening; Hysterectomy; Pap smear utilization; Sociodemographic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031616986     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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