Screening pelvic examination in adult women: A clinical practice guideline from the american college of physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Qaseem, Amir ^a,b   Humphrey, Linda L ^a,c   Harris, Russell ^a,c   Starkey, Melissa ^a,b   Denberg, Thomas D ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEAR; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903592123     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0701     Document Type: Review

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