A proposal for cervical screening information systems in developing countries

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-299

  Marrett, Loraine D ^a,b   Robles, Sylvia ^c   Ashbury, Fredrick D ^d,e,f   Green, Bo ^g   Goel, Vivek ^b   Luciani, Silvana ^c  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d PICEPS Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f OpTx Corporation   (Canada)

^g Determined Computing Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Information systems; Organized screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0037145747     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10692     Document Type: Article

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