Determinants of VIA (visual inspection of the cervix after acetic acid application) positivity in cervical cancer screening of women in a peri-urban area in Andhra Pradesh, India

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1373-1380

  Vedantham, Haripriya ^a   Silver, Michelle I ^b   Kalpana, B ^a   Rekha, C ^a   Karuna, B P ^a   Vidyadhari, K ^a   Mrudula, S ^a   Ronnett, Brigitte M ^c   Vijayaraghavan, K ^a   Ramakrishna, Gayatri ^d   Sowjanya, Pavani ^d   Laxmi, Shantha ^d   Shah, Keerti V ^b   Gravitt, Patti E ^b  

^a India   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA, VIRAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77952077825     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1282     Document Type: Article

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