Effect of screening on the risk estimates of socio demographic factors on cervical cancer - A large cohort study from rural india

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 589-594

  Thulaseedharan, Jissa Vinoda ^a,b   Malila, Nea ^b,c   Hakama, Matti ^b,c   Esmy, Pulikottil Okuru ^d   Cherian, Mary ^d   Swaminathan, Rajaraman ^e   Muwonge, Richard ^f   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswami ^f  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d Christian Fellowship Community Health Centre   (India)

^e CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Bias; Cervical cancer; Cohort; Risk factors; Rural population; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877157855     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.589     Document Type: Article

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