Can flemish women in semi-rural areas be motivated to attend organized breast cancer screening?

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-127

  Van Hal, G ^a   Matthyssen, M ^a   Thibaut, A ^a   Weyler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flanders; Mammography; Mass screening; Programme evaluation; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; STANDARD;

AGED; BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBURBAN HEALTH; WOMEN;

EID: 0032925178     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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