A systematic review of postcoital bleeding and risk of cervical cancer.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on June 01, 2006

Authors

Mark Shapley1, Joanne Jordan, Peter R Croft

Author Affiliations

1: Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Staffordshire. m.shapley@cphc.keele.ac.uk

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