Cervical screening: time to change the policy
- 3 June 2002
- journal article
- for debate
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 176 (11) , 547-550
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04553.x
Abstract
In 1991, the “organised approach to preventing cancer of the cervix” recommended Pap smears every two years for women aged 18–70 years who have ever been sexually active. The two‐year interval was a...Keywords
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