Socioeconomic determinants of cervical cancer screening in Latin America.

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Published in Rev Panam Salud Publica on March 01, 2013

Authors

Samir Soneji1, Natsu Fukui

Author Affiliations

1: Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America. samir.soneji@dartmouth.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Epidemiological Landscape of Cervical Cancer in Latin America (EVITA LATAM) | NCT04947605

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