Error Rates in Cervical Cytological Screening Tests
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Cytological Screening for Pre-Invasive Cervical Cancer
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1974.46