Effect of screening on incidence of and mortality from cancer of cervix in England: Evaluation based on routinely collected statistics

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7188, 1999, Pages 904-908

  Quinn, Mike ^a   Babb, Penny ^a   Jones, Jennifer ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033519080     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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