Default from colposcopy and loop excision electrocautery procedure appointments in a military clinic

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-81

  Yauger, Belinda J ^a   Rodriguez, M ^a   Parker, M F ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Med Research and Material Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Colposcopy; Compliance; Military health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; CAUTERIZATION; COLPOSCOPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENSTRUATION; NURSE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16244392444     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200504000-00002     Document Type: Review

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