A Pan American Health Organization strategy for cervical cancer prevention and control in Latin America and the Caribbean

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 16, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Luciani, Silvana ^a   Andrus, Jon Kim ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cancer screening and treatment; human papillomavirus and vaccines; Latin America and the Caribbean

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MASS SCREENING; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56249089378     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)32405-7     Document Type: Article

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