Does worry about breast cancer predict screening behaviors? A meta-analysis of the prospective evidence

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 401-408

  Hay, Jennifer L ^a   McCaul, Kevin D ^b   Magnan, Renee E ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Behavioral medicine; Behavioral sciences; Breast cancer; Health behavior; Mental health; Preventive health services; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33744908176     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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