Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus DNA testing for cervical cancer screening in women aged 30 years or more

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-631

  Goldie, Sue J ^a   Kim, Jane J ^b   Wright, Thomas C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS; AGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 2342482542     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000120143.50098.c7     Document Type: Article

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