Screening for cervical cancer: a review of women's attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

• Publication date

  1998-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology, Psychology

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  PMID 10024713PMCID PMC1313202
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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