Knowledge, attitudes and practices about the Pap smear among medical workers in Naresuan University Hospital, Thailand.

Background: Cervical cancer, very common in females of the developing world, has a long premalignant period. Primary and secondary prevention can reduce the incidence. The Pap smear is the main screening modality in Thailand but the coverage is rather poor.

Risk of a couple having a child with severe thalassemia syndrome, prevalence in lower northern Thailand.

Thalassemia screening in pregnant women and their spouses was performed at Buddhachinaraj Provincial Hospital and 8 community hospitals in Phitsanulok; lower northern Thailand. The prevalence of thalassemic carrier state was determined of 1,198 couples. Of these, 4.