Cervical cleaning improves Pap smear quality

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 666-669

  Kotaska, Andrew J ^a,c   Matisic, Jasenka P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 0142089073     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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