Effective cervical cytology screening programmes in middle-income countries: The Chilean experience

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-411

  Sepúlveda, Cecilia ^a,c   Prado, Rodrigo ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervix dysplasia; Cervix neoplasms; Chile; Cytodiagnosis; Diagnosis; Health care; Mass screening; Mortality; National health programs; Organization and administration; Pathology; Quality assurance; Trends; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHILE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 26044457694     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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