Common cancers in India: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of urban slum dwellers in New Delhi

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-96

  Seth, Tuli ^a   Kotwal, A ^b   Thakur, R ^a   Singh, P ^c   Kochupillai, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BASE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Common cancers; Developing country; Knowledge; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH CANCER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POVERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; DELHI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13344294980     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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