Inadequate cervical smears: Results of an educational slide exchange scheme

Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-24

  Slater, D N ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inadequate cervical smears; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032941814     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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