Cervical screening by visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) is well accepted by women - results from a community-based study in rural India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-608

  Basu, Partha ^a   Ghoshal, Mousumi ^a   Chattopadhyay, Kankan ^a   Mittal, Srabani ^a   Das, Pradip ^a   Choudhury, Debjani ^a   Mandal, Ranajit ^a   Chattopadhyay, Utpala ^a  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Cervical screening; Satisfaction; Visual inspection with acetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947539729     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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