Feasibility of cytology-based cervical cancer screening in rural Cameroon

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1110-1116

  Robyr, Romaine ^a   Nazeer, Saloney ^a   Vassilakos, Pierre ^a   Matute, Juan Carlos ^a   Sando, Zacharie ^a   Halle, Gregory ^a   Mbakop, André ^a   Campana, Aldo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cervical cancer; Cervical smears; Liquid based cytology; Mass screening; Papa nicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CANCER SCREENING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLPOSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RURAL AREA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0036847713     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327116     Document Type: Article

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