Opportunistic testing of medically underserved women for cervical cancer in south africa

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-316

  Van Bogaert, Louis Jacques ^a,b   Knapp, Donna C ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Philadelphia Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Medically underserved area; Papanicolaou smear; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CELL DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0034999468     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327624     Document Type: Article

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