Personal background and cognitive factors as predictors of the intention to be screened for stomach cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2473-2479

  Hahm, Myung Il ^a   Kui, Son Choi ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a   Kwak, Min Son ^a   Lee, Hoo Yeon ^a   Seung, Sik Hwang ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53349156581     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0027     Document Type: Article

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