Cognition and affect after cervical screening: The role of previous test outcome and personal obligation in future uptake expectations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1237-1243

  Orbell, Sheina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health beliefs; Personal obligation; Screening; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030272346     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00443-2     Document Type: Article

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