Opportunities to improve cervical cancer screening in the United States

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-41

  Kim, Jane J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXCISION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84859063838     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00653.x     Document Type: Note

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