What is important in a fight for life? - preferences of women diagnosed with breast cancer for attributes of an oncological institute

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1665-1670

  Neuman, Einat ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TESTING METHOD; TRADE-OFF; WOMENS HEALTH;

EID: 70350763660     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701578967     Document Type: Article

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