Do adults who believe in periodic health examinations receive more clinical preventive services?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 282-289

  Cherrington, Andrea ^a   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^b,c   Pathman, Donald E ^b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and beliefs; Clinical preventive services; Men's health; Well visits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35248816921     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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