Cervical cancer screening in Thailand: An overview

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages

  Sriamporn, Supannee ^a   Khuhaprema, Thiravud ^b   Parkin, Max ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34247181164     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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