Adjunctive testing for cervical cancer in low resource settings with visual inspection, HPV, and the Pap smear

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-53

  Blumenthal, P D ^a   Gaffikin, L ^b   Chirenje, Z M ^c   McGrath, J ^b   Womack, S ^d   Shah, K ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JHPIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; HPV; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS; ZIMBABWE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035188450     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(00)00329-5     Document Type: Article

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