Rapid rescreening of cervical smears for internal quality control

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 949-953

  Diehl, Ada R S ^a,c   Prolla, João Carlos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Federal Foundation School of Medical Sciences of Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Health care; Mass screening; Quality assurance; Quality control; Rapid rescreening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031847065     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331974     Document Type: Article

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