Evaluation of cervical visual inspection screening in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-104

  Ngoma, Twalib ^a   Muwonge, Richard ^b   Mwaiselage, Julius ^a   Kawegere, Jesca ^a   Bukori, Pendo ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^b  

^a Ocean Road Cancer Institute ^*  (Tanzania)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Early detection; Visual inspection screening

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LUGOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 77950627851     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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