Attitudes as barriers in breast screening: A prospective study among Singapore women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1695-1703

  Straughan, P T ^a   Seow, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammogram; Screening; Singapore; Social support

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034579013     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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