Reproducibility of the women's module of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System questionnaire

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Stein, Aryeh D ^a,b,d   Lederman, Ruth I ^a   Shea, Steven ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; cervical cancer; reproducibility; screening; self report; women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030062772     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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