Breast self-examination and cervical cancer testing among Norwegian female physicians: A nation-wide comparative study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-258

  Rosvold, Elin Olaug ^a   Hjartåker, Anette ^b   Bjertness, Espen ^a   Lund, Eiliv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Female physicians; Health behaviour; Pap smear testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORWAY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF EXAMINATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035234165     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00225-2     Document Type: Article

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