Efficiency of Cytological Screening for Detection of Cervical Squamous Carcinoma: A study in the county of Uppsala 1991-1994

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Jansson, Åsa ^a   Gustafsson, Margit ^a   Wilander, Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032247552     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009739809178947     Document Type: Article

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