Management of the low-grade abnormal Pap smear: What are women's preferences?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 849-855

  Melnikow, Joy ^a   Kuppermann, Miriam ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a   Chan, Benjamin K S ^a   Nuovo, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Pap smear; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036790597     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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