Visual inspection with acetic acid for cervical cancer screening outside of low-resource settings

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Jeronimo, Jose ^a,b   Morales, Orlando ^c   Horna, Jorge ^c   Pariona, José ^c   Manrique, Javier ^c   Rubiños, Jorge ^c   Takahashi, Rina ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Cervix neoplasms; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Health resources; Mass screening; Predictive value of tests

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; CANCER; HEALTH MONITORING; TESTING METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VISUAL INSPECTION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13544253724     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000100001     Document Type: Article

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