Assessment of self-reward strategies for maintenance of breast self- examination

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-102

  Solomon, Laura J ^a   Flynn, Brian S ^a   Worden, John K ^a   Mickey, Ruth M ^a   Skelly, Joan M ^a   Geller, Berta M ^a   Peluso, Nancy W ^b   Webster, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Lee Co Breast Screening Prog Off   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Cancer screening; Maintenance; Self reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SELF EXAMINATION; SUGGESTION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0031895575     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018767505776     Document Type: Article

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