Selective screening for cervical neoplasia: An approach for resource-poor settings

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 807-812

  Hoyo, Cathrine ^a,b   Miller, William C ^a,b   Newman, Beth M ^a   Fortney, Judith A ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical neoplasia; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves; Risk scores; Screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0033756473     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.5.807     Document Type: Article

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