Trends in cancer of the cervix uteri in Sweden following cytological screening

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Bergstrom R ^a,b   Sparen P ^b,c   Adami, H O ^b,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Age period cohort models; Cervical cancer; Cytological screening; Squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032879374     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690666     Document Type: Article

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