Effect of unrealistic optimism, perceived control over disease, and experience with female cancer on behavioral intentions of Israeli women to undergo screening tests

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-369

  Barnoy, Sivia ^a   Bar Tal, Yoram ^b   Treister, Lilit ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Control over cancer; Experience with cancer; Intentions to undergo screening tests; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0141532213     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200310000-00004     Document Type: Article

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