Validity and reproducibility of cytologic diagnosis in a sample of cervical cancer screening centers in Mexico

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-284

  Lazcano Ponce, Eduardo César ^a,b,c,d,e   De Ruíz, Patricia Alonso ^a,b,c,d,e   López Carrillo, Lizbeth ^a,b,c,d,e   Nájera Aguilar, Patricia ^a,b,c,d,e   Avila Ceniceros, Roberto ^a,b,c,d,e   Escandón Romero, Celia ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Cisneros, Ma Teresa ^a,b,c,d,e,g   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Ministry of Health Public Health Services   (Mexico)

^d Mexican Institute for Social Security   (Mexico)

^e Ministry of Health Preventive Medicine Office   (Mexico)

^f Solidarity Mexican Institute for Social Security   (Mexico)

^g Ministry of Health Reproductive Medicine Office   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Laboratory diagnosis; Reliability of results; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 1842290332     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332512     Document Type: Article

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