Attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge as predictors of nonattendance in a Swedish population-based mammography screening program

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-428

  Lagerlund, Magdalena ^a   Hedin, Anna ^d   Sparén, Pär ^a,b   Thurfjell, Erik ^c   Lambe, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breast cancer; Mammography; Mass screening; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033810433     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0723     Document Type: Article

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