Primary screening with liquid-based cytology in an unscreened population in rural China, with an emphasis on reprocessing unsatisfactory samples

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 470-474

  Belinson, Jerome L ^a   Pan, Qiong Jing ^a   Biscotti, Charles ^a   Wu, Ling Ying ^a   Pretorius, Robert G ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Elson, Paul ^a   Rong, Shou De ^a   Zhang, Wen Hua ^a   Qiao, You Lin ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; China; Liquid based cytology; Mass screening; Papanicolaou smear; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 18344365575     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326863     Document Type: Article

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