Women's knowledge and beliefs regarding breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1373-1378

  Grunfeld, E A ^a   Ramirez, A J ^a   Hunter, M S ^a   Richards, M A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Risk factors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037029726     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600260     Document Type: Article

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