Has the use of pap smears reduced the risk of invasive cervical cancer in Guadalajara, Mexico?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 804-809

  Jiménez Pérez, Margarita ^a   Thomas, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032838698     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990909)82:6<804::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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