The impact of the introduction of liquid based cytology on the variation in the proportion of inadequate samples between GP practices

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Harrison, Wayne N ^a   Teale, Alison M J ^b   Jones, Suzanne P ^c   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b West Midlands Specialised Services Agency   (United Kingdom)

^c Anglesey House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

CERVIX UTERI; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE SIZE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34548593867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-191     Document Type: Article

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