Needs assessment of rural and remote women travelling to the city for breast cancer treatment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 525-527

  Davis, Cindy ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^b   Williams, Philippa ^a   Beeney, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031792325     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01431.x     Document Type: Article

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