Women who participate in spontaneous screening are not at higher risk for cervical cancer than women who attend programme screening

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 827-831

  Bos, A B ^a   Van Ballegooijen, M ^a   Van Oortmarssen, G J ^a   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Mass screening; Spontaneous screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036211737     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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