Cervical cancer screening among women by hysterectomy status and among women aged ≥65 years - United States, 2000-2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 51-52, 2012, Pages 1043-1047

  Watson, Meg ^a   King, Jessica ^a   Ajani, Umed ^a   Houston, Keisha A ^a   Saraiya, Mona ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84872073563     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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