Cervical cancer prevention for all the world's women: New approaches offer opportunities and promise

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 845-848

  Wright Jr , Thomas C ^a   Blumenthal, Paul ^b   Bradley, Janet ^c   Denny, Lynette ^d   Esmy, Pulikattil Okkaru ^e   Jayant, Kasturi ^f   Nene, Bhagwan M ^f   Pollack, Amy E ^g   Rajkumar, Rajamanickam ^h   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ⁱ   Sellors, John W ^j   Shastri, Surendra S ^k   Sherris, Jacqueline ^j   Tsu, Vivien ^j  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Christian Fellowship Community Health Centre   (India)

^f Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital   (India)

^g Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^h PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^j PATH   (United States)

^k TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37049008688     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20755     Document Type: Letter

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