Interlaboratory reproducibility in reporting inadequate cervical smears - A multicentre multinational study

Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 386-390

  Ciatto, S ^a,g   Cariaggi, M P ^a   Minuti, A P ^a   Confortini, M ^a   Palli, D ^a   Pas, L ^b   Mckee, G ^c   Schenck, U ^d   Bonaccorsi, A ^e   Corradi, G ^e   Olivati, S ^e   Pieri, L ^f   Carretti, D ^f   Cocchi, V ^f  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Hospital   (Italy)

^f F Addarii Oncological Institute   (Italy)

^g Ctro Stud Prevensione Oncological   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Quality control; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 10544251058     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1996.tb00543.x     Document Type: Article

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