Cervical Screening Using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Treatment with Cryotherapy in Fiji |
Fong, James
(Colonial War Memorial)
Gyaneshwar, Rajaneshwar (Lautoka Hospital) Lin, Sophia (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales) Morrell, Stephen (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales) Taylor, Richard (School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales) Brassil, Ann (Family Planning NSW) Stuart, Anne (Family Planning NSW) McGowan, Catherine (Family Planning NSW) |
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