Specific timing for colposcopy: Is it worthwhile?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-377

  Carcopino, Xavier ^a   Akkawi, Reem ^a   Conroy, Ronan ^b   Prendiville, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX; CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40749116973     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31816276a4     Document Type: Article

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