Using patient and general practice characteristics to explain variations in cervical smear uptake rates.

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Published in BMJ on May 14, 1994

Authors

F A Majeed1, D G Cook, H R Anderson, S Hilton, S Bunn, C Stones

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.

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