Measuring the nature and duration of symptoms of cervical cancer in young women: Developing an interview-based approach

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lim, Anita W W ^a,b   Forbes, Lindsay J L ^a   Rosenthal, Adam N ^b   Raju, Kantipati S ^c   Ramirez, Amanda Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Early diagnosis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; METRORRHAGIA; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHECKLIST; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPAREUNIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888019803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-45     Document Type: Article

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