Symptom pattern and diagnostic work-up of malignancy at first symptom presentation as related to level of care a retrospective study from the primary health care centre area of Kungsbacka, Sweden

Neoplasma

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-99

  Mansson J ^a,b   Bjorkelund C ^b   Hultborn, R ^b  

^a Health Centre of Kungsbacka   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Doctor's delay; Level of care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATISM; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0345085748     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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