Outcome after a cervical cytology report of low-grade squamous abnormality in Australia

Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-193

  Mitchell, Heather ^a  

^a Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Low grade abnormality; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 23844522530     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21181     Document Type: Article

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