Changes in beliefs about cancer in Western Australia, 1964-2001

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-25

  Donovan, Robert J ^a   Carter, Owen B J ^a   Jalleh, Geoffrey ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3242756926     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06153.x     Document Type: Article

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