Paying with interest for a high interest in screening

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1465-1466

  Clarfield, A Mark ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLON CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; TELEPHONE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33748426620     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00885.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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