Loss to Follow-up of Patients with Abnormal Pap Smear : Magnitude and Reasons

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 862-865

  Thinkhamrop, Jadsada ^a   Lumbiganon, Pisake ^a   Jitpakdeebodin, Suwit ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Maharat Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032197179     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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