Alternative cervical cancer prevention in low-resource settings: Experiences of visual inspection by acetic acid with single-visit approach in the first five provinces of Thailand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-60

  Palanuwong, Buncha ^a,b  

^a Bungkan Hospital   (Thailand)

^b NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer prevention; Low resource settings; Mass screening; Single visit approach; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846493037     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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