Performance indicators of organized cervical screening in Romagna (Italy)

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-228

  Bucchi, L ^a   Falcini, F ^a   Schincaglia, P ^b   Desiderio, F ^c   Bondi, A ^d   Farneti, M ^e   Giunchi, D Casadei ^a   Serafini, M ^b   Canuti, D ^c   Caprara, L ^d   Sabbadini, F ^f   Monari, F ^g   Sassoli, P ^g  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Center for Cancer Prevention   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^d District Hospital   (Italy)

^e Family Planning Service   (Italy)

^f BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Emilia Romagna Region ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Indicator; Mass screening; Monitoring; Pap smear; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STATISTICS; COLPOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 12444275236     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200306000-00009     Document Type: Article

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