Risk of endometrial, ovarian, vulvar, and vaginal cancers after a positive cervical cytology followed by negative histology

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-273

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032146358     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)80070-7     Document Type: Article

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