Candida and squamous (pre)neoplasia of immigrants and Dutch women as established in population-based cervical screening

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1596-1600

  Engberts, M K ^a,b,c   Vermeulen, C F W ^d   Verbruggen, B S M ^a,b,c   Van Haaften, M ^b   Boon, M E ^a,e   Heintz, A P M ^c  

^a LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Stichting Bevolkingsonderzoek Baarmoederhalskanker Region West (SBBW)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Candida; Cervical cancer; Ethnicity; KOPAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANDIDA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURINAME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745949740     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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