Screening pelvic examinations: Right, wrong, or rite?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-79

  Sawaya, George F ^a   Jacoby, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84903600679     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-1205     Document Type: Editorial

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