Health seeking related to ovarian cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 370-380

  Koldjeski, Dixie ^a   Kirkpatrick, Mary K ^a   Everett, Lou ^a   Brown, Sylvia ^a   Swanson, Melvin ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delays; Early symptom recognition; Health Seeking; Misdiagnoses; Ovarian cancer; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY CANCER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 5144229541     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200409000-00006     Document Type: Review

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