Determinants of cervical cancer rates in developing countries

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-205

  Drain, Paul K ^a   Holmes, King K ^a,b   Hughes, James P ^a,b   Koutsky, Laura A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HPV Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Developing countries; Ecologic analysis; Epidemiology; Human papillomavirus; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOGAMY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037054941     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10453     Document Type: Article

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