Cervical screening behavior of women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS)

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-27

  Bucchi, Lauro ^a,d   Zani, Jacopo ^b   Pierri, Carlo ^c   Amadori, Alessandra ^b   Ghidoni, Donatella ^b   Folicaldi, Stefania ^b   Cortecchia, Stefania ^b   Bondi, Arrigo ^b  

^a Romagna Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^b Department of Pathology   (Italy)

^c K2 Informatica   (Italy)

^d MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASCUS; Cervical vaginal cytology; Follow up; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035174556     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200101)24:1<21::AID-DC1003>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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