Risk variables affecting high-grade Pap smears at second visit: Effects of screening interval, year, age and low-grade smears

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 884-888

  Porru, Stefano ^a,c   Placidi, Donatella ^a   Carta, Angela ^a   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Ribero, Maria Luisa ^a   Tagger, Alessandro ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Donato, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical neoplasm; Logistic model; Mass screening; Risk factor; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035892333     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1546     Document Type: Article

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