Overuse of papanicolaou testing among older women and amongwomen without a cervix

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-296

  Kepka, Deanna ^a,b,c   Breen, Nancy ^c   King, Jessica B ^d   Benard, Vicki B ^e   Saraiya, Mona ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84893631736     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12607     Document Type: Letter

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