The effect of Māori ethnicity misclassification on cervical screening coverage

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1372, 2013, Pages

  Sandiford, Peter ^a   Salvetto, Micol ^b   Bramley, Dale ^c   Wong, Samuel ^a   Johnson, Lannes ^b  

^a WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b Waitemata Health   (New Zealand)

^c ProCare Health Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ABORIGINE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875959932     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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