Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 32 , Pages 9-17 , November 2008

Cervical cancer: the route from signs and symptoms to treatment in South Africa

  • Susarie Louise van Schalkwyk

      Affiliations

    • Master's degree student, Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
    • ,
  • Johanna Elizabeth Maree

      Affiliations

    • Head, Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
    • ,
  • Susanna Catharina Dreyer Wright

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

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