Barriers to cancer prevention in the older person

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-95

  Fox, S A ^a   Roetzheim, R G ^a   Kington, R S ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031058214     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30184-8     Document Type: Review

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