Evaluation of visual inspection with acetic acid and Lugol's iodine as cervical cancer screening tools in a low-resource setting

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Qureshi, Sabuhi ^a   Das, Vinta ^a   Zahra, Fatima ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Era's Lucknow Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LUGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449113441     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090085     Document Type: Article

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