Couldn't you have done just as well without the screening?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Nielsen, Karen Dorthe Bach ^a   Dyhr, Lise ^b   Lauritzen, Torsten ^a,c   Malterud, Kirsti ^b,d  

^a Ebeltoft Health Promotion Project   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Research Unit for General Practice   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family practice; Lifestyle; Mass screening; Qualitative research; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; LIFESTYLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMOTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 66149105895     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430902808619     Document Type: Article

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