Cervical cancer screening in rural NSW: Health Insurance Commission data compared to self-report

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-312

  Hancock, Lynne ^a   Sanson Fisher, Rob ^a   Kentish, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031778931     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01382.x     Document Type: Article

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