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ERIC Number: EJ275469
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Pap Tests Every Three Years: Cost-Effective in the Long Run?
Amschler, Denise Hope
Health Education (Washington D.C.), v14 n1 p42-45 Jan-Feb 1983
The American Cancer Society's guidelines, recommending that having Pap tests at three-year intervals is safe for many women, are questioned. Dangers to women with a high risk of cervical cancer, problems with faulty test results, and other gynecological problems that may be detected during pelvic examinations are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Cancer, Cost Effectiveness, Diagnostic Tests, Females, Gynecology, Health Needs, High Risk Persons, Medical Services, Physical Examinations, Physical Health
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pap Smears