Women under 25 should be offered screening [1]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7588, 2007, Pages 273-

  Herbert, Amanda ^a   Smith, John H F ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; FEMALE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847112160     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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