Specific worry about breast cancer predicts mammography use in women at risk for breast and ovarian cancer

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 532-536

  Diefenbach, Michael A ^a   Miller, Suzanne M ^a   Daly, Mary B ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer worry; Mammography adherence; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032882353     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.5.532     Document Type: Article

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