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Original Article

Self-collected cervicovaginal sampling for site-of-care primary HPV-based cervical cancer screening: a pilot study in a rural underserved Greek population

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Pages 1059-1064 | Received 22 Aug 2016, Accepted 15 Apr 2017, Published online: 20 Jun 2017

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