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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluste...

Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluste...

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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial

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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial

Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

The Lancet (British edition), 2007-08, Vol.370 (9585), p.398-406

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English

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England: Elsevier Ltd

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Summary Background Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in developing countries. We assessed the effect of screening using visual inspection with 4% acetic acid (VIA) on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in a cluster randomised controlled trial in India. Methods Of the 114 study clusters in Dindigul district, India, 57 were r...

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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_764334294

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_764334294

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ISSN

0140-6736

E-ISSN

1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61195-7

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