Communicating to citizens the benefits, harms and risks of preventive interventions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-102

  Thornton, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 75249097313     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.090829     Document Type: Editorial

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