Histologic findings from the cervix among older women with abnormal cervical cytology

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-344

  Massad, L Stewart ^a,b,c   Behbakht, Kian ^a   Collins, Yvonne C ^b   Cejtin, Helen E ^b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging and cancer; Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Cervical cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

EID: 0037340964     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-8258(02)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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