Use of mobile telemedicine for cervical cancer screening

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 203-209

  Quinley, Kelly E ^a   Gormley, Rachel H ^b   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Shih, Ting ^c   Szep, Zsofia ^b   Steiner, Ann ^b   Ramogola Masire, Doreen ^d   Kovarik, Carrie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Click Diagnostics   (United States)

^d BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ACETIC ACID; BOTSWANA; CELLULAR PHONE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 79957788793     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2011.101008     Document Type: Article

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