Men's preferences for sources of information about and support for cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 238-242

  Dunn, Jeffrey ^a   Steginga, Suzanne K ^a,b   Occhipinti, Stefano ^c   McCaffrey, John ^a   Collins, David M ^c  

^a CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Cancer Fund ^*  (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033391371     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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