Trusting technology: Women aged 40-49 years participating in screening for breast cancer - An exploratory study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-286

  Willis, Karen ^a   Baxter, Janeen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0038717103     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00395.x     Document Type: Article

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