Effect of depleted uranium weapons used in the Balkan war on the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and invasive cancer of the cervix in Greece

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-60

  Papathanasiou, K ^a,b   Gianoulis, C ^a   Tolikas, A ^a   Dovas, D ^a   Koutsos, J ^a   Fragkedakis, N ^a   Papathanasiou, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN); Depleted Uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRECANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RURAL HEALTH; URANIUM; URBAN HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 17444432669     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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