Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial
β Scribed by Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan; Pulikkottil Okkuru Esmy; Rajamanickam Rajkumar; Richard Muwonge; Rajaraman Swaminathan; Sivanandam Shanthakumari; Jean-Marie Fayette; Jacob Cherian
- Book ID
- 117301574
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 370
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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