Measuring cancer knowledge: Comparing prompted and unprompted recall

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-234

  Waller, Jo ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2942616471     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712604773952430     Document Type: Article

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