Exploring the reasons for non-participation of women in a breast cancer screening campaign

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-145

  Meystre Agustoni, Giovanna ^a,c   Dubois Arber, Françoise ^a   De Landstheer, Jean Pierre ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^a  

^a University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^b Breast Cancer Screening Foundation   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening programme; Non participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031866276     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/8.2.143     Document Type: Article

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