Comment on “The European response to the WHO call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem”
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Anna Tisler
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Anna Tisler, Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia.
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Search for more papers by this authorAnda Kivite-Urtane
Institute of Public Health, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorNatalija Berza
Institute of Public Health, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorJana Zodzika
Institute of Public Health, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorMindaugas Stankunas
Department of Health Management, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Search for more papers by this authorKersti Pärna
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Search for more papers by this authorAnneli Uusküla
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Anna Tisler
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Correspondence
Anna Tisler, Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAnda Kivite-Urtane
Institute of Public Health, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorNatalija Berza
Institute of Public Health, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorJana Zodzika
Institute of Public Health, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorMindaugas Stankunas
Department of Health Management, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Search for more papers by this authorKersti Pärna
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Search for more papers by this authorAnneli Uusküla
Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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