Prevalence of abnormalities influences cytologists' error rates in screening for cervical cancer

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1557-1560

  Evans, Karla K ^a   Tambouret, Rosemary H ^b   Evered, Andrew ^c   Wilbur, David C ^b   Wolfe, Jeremy M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82655173734     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2010-0739-OA     Document Type: Article

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