Cognitive aspects of recalling and reporting health-related events: Papanicolaou smears, clinical breast examinations, and mammograms

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 982-992

  Warnecke, Richard B ^a,b,c,d   Sudman, Seymour ^a,b,c,d   Johnson, Timothy P ^a,b,c,d   O'Rourke, Diane ^a,b,c,d   Davis, Andrew M ^a,b,c,d   Jobe, Jared B ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RUSH Anchor Health Maintenance Organization   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammography; Papanicolaou smear; Questionnaires; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030832905     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009226     Document Type: Review

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