Does publicity about cancer screening raise fear of cancer? Randomised trial of the psychological effect of information about cancer screening

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7216, 1999, Pages 1037-1038

  Wardle, Jane ^a   Taylor, Tamara ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^a   Atkin, Wendy ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033576153     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7216.1037     Document Type: Article

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