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CERVICAL SMEAR FREQUENCY PATTERN AT AN AUSTRALIAN SCREENING CENTRE
Author(s) -
Smee C. J.,
Heber K. R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb99029.x
Subject(s) - papanicolaou stain , medicine , cervix , cervical screening , gynecology , obstetrics , papanicolaou test , cytology , cervical cancer , cancer , pathology
The frequency of cervical cytology screening in a group of 1966 women in an Australian setting is presented. Of women “at risk” of carcinoma of the cervix, 91 · 8% have had at least one previous cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear examination. Of the women who had never had a previous smear examination, 19·8% were taking oral contraceptives and 58% were parous.