Measurement of cancer attitudes: A review

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 233-245

  Miller, Morven ^c   Kearney, Nora ^a   Smith, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Attitude measurement tools; Behaviour; Cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363469     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ejon.2000.0109     Document Type: Article

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