A comparative study of cervical smears in an urban Hospital in India and a population-based screening program in Mauritius

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-37

  Mulay, Kaustubh ^a   Swain, Meenakshi ^a   Patra, Sushma ^b   Gowrishankar, Swarnalata ^a  

^a APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

^b Global Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; Epithelial abnormalities; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MAURITIUS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849097135     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.44959     Document Type: Article

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