Reviewer ’s report  
Title: Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Pap Smears in Uyghur Women from Xinjiang, China  
 
Version: 1 Date: 21 Sep 2017  
 
Reviewer: Sarah Feldman  
 
Reviewer's report:  
I think this revision is excellent and I would accept.  
The English is much improved. I have just several very minor suggestions:  
1. p. 5 line 48. substitute physicians for postgraduates  
2. p. 6 line 57 could you please equate Yuan with US dollars or with percent of poverty level or 
some other way to understand the income levels?  
3. p. 11 line 21 please substitute "the direct cause" to "is associated with.."  
Also  the abstract needs some m inor editing of the English to make sense which can be done 
easily by a copy editor.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
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additional statistical review?  
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I am able to assess the statistics  
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
Needs some language corrections before being published  
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