Screening for cervical cancer, results from Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-330

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap smear; Screening; Thailand

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33748458698     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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