Hypothesis: the act of taking a Papanicolaou smear reduces the prevalence of human papillomavirus infection: a potential impact on the risk of cervical cancer
β Scribed by Samuel Shapiro; Henri Carrara; Bruce R. Allan; Margaret Hoffman; Lynn Rosenberg; JudithP Kelly; DianeD Cooper; Anna-Lise Williamson
- Book ID
- 111575425
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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