Cervical screening in women over the age of 50: Results of a population-based multicentre study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 362-368

  Flannelly, Grainne ^a,h   Monaghan, John ^a   Cruickshank, Maggie ^b   Duncan, Ian ^c   Johnson, Jane ^d   Jordan, Joe ^e   Campbell, Marion ^f   Patnick, Julietta ^g  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS Cervical Screening Programme   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1842579446     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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