The impact of a community intervention to improve cervical cancer screening uptake in the Amazon region of Brazil

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In the northern region of Brazil, cervical cancer is the most important cause of cancer-related deaths among women. There is considerable likelihood, however, that official incidence and mortality figures are greatly underestimated. The aim of this study was to estimate the re...

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Main Authors: Marcus Vinicius Von Zuben, Sophie Françoise Derchain, Luis Otávio Sarian, Maria Cristina Westin, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler, Luiz Carlos Zeferino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802007000100008&lng=en&tlng=en