Performance of the acetic acid test when used in field conditions as a screening test for cervical cancer

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 704-709

  Claeys, Patricia ^a,d   De Vuyst, Hugo ^a,d   Gonzalez, Clara ^b   Garcia, Alvaro ^b   Bello, Rosa Elena ^c   Temmerman, Marleen ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^c Servicios Medicos Comunales ^*  (Nicaragua)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cytology; Developing countries; Screening; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

CANCER; HEALTH MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD;

ACETIC ACID TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0042160040     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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