Experiments to increase return in a medical screening drive: Two futile attempts to apply theory to practice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1983, Pages 741-746

  Roberts, Michael C ^a   Wurtele, Sandy K ^a   Leeper, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0020689644     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90262-9     Document Type: Article

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