Genetics of early cancer detection behaviours in Australian female twins

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Treloar, Susan A ^a   McDonald, Christine A ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Genetic influences; Health behaviour; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SIBLING RELATIONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032966311     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320566095     Document Type: Article

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