Recruitment of women by GPs for Pap tests: A meta-analysis

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 434, 1998, Pages 1603-1607

  Pirkis, Jane E ^a,b   Jolley, Damien ^a   Dunt, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Health Program Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Meta analysis; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031719136     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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