Reduction in prevalence of invasive cervical cancer in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Impact of the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1036-1040

  Moodley, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV epidemic invasive cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745113160     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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