100% rapid (partial) rescreening for quality assurance

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-88

  Lemay, Christiane ^a   Meisels, Alexander ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cytology; Quality assurance; Rapid rescreening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032940707     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330873     Document Type: Article

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