Can screening for cervical cancer be improved, especially in developing countries?
β Scribed by Anthony B. Miller; Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan; F. Xavier Bosch; Cecilia Sepulveda
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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