National audit of women with abnormal cervical smears in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-156

  Sarfati, Diana ^a   Cox, Brian ^a   Jones, Ronald W ^b   Sopoaga, Tai ^a   Rimene, Christine ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abnormal cervical smears; National audit; National Cervical Screening Programme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0038531043     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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