Delay in seeking advice for symptoms that potentially indicate bowel cancer

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-407

  Cockburn, Jill ^a,c   Paul, Chris ^a   Tzelepis, Flora ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^b   Byles, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Early detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE CANCER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0141799708     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.4.12     Document Type: Article

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