Papanicolaou test utilization and frequency of screening opportunities among women diagnosed with cervical cancer

Open Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-147

  Decker, Kathleen ^a   Demers, Alain ^b   Chateau, Daniel ^c   Musto, Grace ^b   Nugent, Zoann ^b   Lotocki, Robert ^d   Harrison, Marion ^a  

^a CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CancerCare Manitoba ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Manitoba Cervical Cancer Screening Program   (Canada)

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EID: 70249150738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
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