Revisiting the effect of the pap test on cervical cancer

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 620-623

  Holmquist, Nelson D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SELF REPORT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034105460     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.4.620     Document Type: Article

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