Self-testing for cancer: A community survey

BMC Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wilson, Sue ^a   Ryan, Angela V ^a   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a   Clifford, Sue C ^a   Holder, Roger L ^a   Pattison, Helen M ^b   Fitzmaurice, David A ^a   McManus, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 42649088140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-102     Document Type: Article

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