Reconsidering the feasibility of Papanicolaou and alternative screening tests for low-resource countries [3]

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-

  Tsu, Vivien Davis ^a,b  

^a Prog Appropriate Technol Hlth   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846925347     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.102830     Document Type: Letter

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