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isk factors for human papilomavirus infection among women in Portugal: the CLEO...

OBJECTIVE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for a range of diseases, including cervical cancer. The primary objectives of the CLEOPATRE Portugal study were to estimate the overall and age-stratified prevalence of cervical HPV infection and to assess HPV prevalence and type-specific distribution by cytological results among women aged 18 to 64 years, who reside in mainland Portugal. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

Epidemiological study on the prevalence of HPV infection of women in Portugal: ...

Screening for cancer of the cervix. Program of the Central Region of Portugal.

Cervical cancer screening is clearly efficient, as can be proved by a simple comparison of the incidence and mortality rates for this neoplasia before and after the implementation of screening programmes in various countries and regions. The Screening Programme of the Central Region of Portugal is done by the G.P., who collects cytological smears in the Health Centres and sends them to the Cytopathology Laborat...