## BACKGROUND. The false-negative rate (FNR), or fraction, of Papanicolaou (Pap) Andrew A. Renshaw, M
The human false-negative rate of rescreening Pap tests
โ Scribed by Renshaw, Andrew A. ;Lezon, Karen M. ;Wilbur, David C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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