Coverage of Cervical Cancer Screening in 57 Countries: Low Average Levels and Large Inequalities
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- 17 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 5 (6) , e132
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050132
Abstract
Emmanuela Gakidou and colleagues find that coverage of cervical cancer screening in developing countries is on average 19% compared to 63% in developed countries.Keywords
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