Human papillomavirus, herpes simplex virus and cervical cancer incidence in greenland and denmark. A population‐based cross‐sectional study

• Published in: International Journal of Cancer
• Main Authors: Kjaer, S. K., de Villiers, E.‐M, Haugaard, B. J., Christensen, R. B., Teisen, C., Møller, K. A., Poll, P., Jensen, H., Vestergaard, B. F., Lynge, E., Jensen, O. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Greenland; Nuuk; greenlandic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910410408; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fijc.2910410408; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ijc.2910410408

Abstract In Greenland, the incidence of cervical cancer is 5.7 times higher than in Denmark among women aged 20‐39. From Nuuk (Greenland) and Nykftbing Falster (Denmark) a sample of 800 women aged 20‐39 years was drawn at random. A total of 586 and 661 women were investigated in Greenland and Denmar...