Bleeding symptoms and subsequent risk of gynecological and other cancers

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-569

  Viikki, Merja ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Hakama, Matti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bleeding symptoms; Cancer risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COITUS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031746843     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770516.x     Document Type: Article

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