Use of breast cancer screening and treatment services by Australian women aged 25-44 years following Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1326-1332

  Kelaher, Margaret ^a   Cawson, Jennifer ^a   Miller, Julie ^a   Kavanagh, Anne ^a   Dunt, David ^a   Studdert, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Mass media; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; MASTECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 50249136379     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn090     Document Type: Article

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