A Self-administered device for cervical cancer screening in Northeast Thailand

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 749-754

  Pengsaa, Prasit ^a,b   Vatanasapt, Vanchai ^a,c   Sriamporn, Supannee ^a,d   Sanchaisuriya, Pattara ^a,e   Schelp, Frank P ^a,f   Noda, Sadamu ^a,g   Kato, Saiko ^a,h   Kongdee, Wongsa ^a   Kanchanawirojkul, Nipa ^a,i   Aranyasen, Onanong ^a,i  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (Thailand)

^d Srinagarind hospital   (Thailand)

^e Faculty of Public Health   (Thailand)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g Osaka Cancer Prevention and Detection Center   (Japan)

^h Nagoya Preventive Medical Institute   (Japan)

ⁱ Tottori University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 17544401669     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332698     Document Type: Article

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