Analysis of inadequate cervical smears using Shewhart control charts

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-6

  Harrison, Wayne N ^a   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^b   Wall, Michael K ^c   Marshall, Tom P ^b  

^a Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Cannock Chase Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSKARYOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 4544307349     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-25     Document Type: Article

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