A review of cervical cancer patients presenting in Harare and Parirenyatwa Hospitals in 1998

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 264-267

  Chirenje, Z M ^a   Rusakaniko, S ^a   Akino, V ^a   Mlingo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034305935     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v46i10.8566     Document Type: Article

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