Implementation of liquid-based cytology in the screening programme against cervical cancer in the County of Funen, Denmark, and status for the first year

Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Hoelund, Berit ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cervical neoplasms; Cervical screening; Liquid based cytology; ThinPrep (Cytyc) cervical smears

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE; THINPREP METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0141957342     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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