Current cervical cancer screening practices of Dane County, Wisconsin primary care clinicians

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Marchand, Lucille ^a   Van Dinter, Maureen ^a   Mundt, Marlon ^a   Dingel, Wendy ^b   Klein, Gail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^c Dane County Cytology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0038809830     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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