Cervical Screening at Age 50-64 Years and the Risk of Cervical Cancer at Age 65 Years and Older: Population-Based Case Control Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Castañón, Alejandra ^a   Landy, Rebecca ^a   Cuzick, Jack ^a   Sasieni, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WALES;

EID: 84893754600     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001585     Document Type: Article

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