Early detection of cancer: Knowledge and behavior among Dutch adults

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 362-369

  De Nooijer, Jascha ^a   Lechner, Lilian ^b   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cancer education; Cancer symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0347298560     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-090X(02)00121-6     Document Type: Article

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