The short-term financial costs of abnormal Pap smears to women and government in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-352

  Kavanagh, Anne M ^a,c   Butler, James R G ^b  

^a Centre for Cancer Epidemiology

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0031800448     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01390.x     Document Type: Article

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