Validation of a measurement tool to assess awareness of breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1374-1381

  Linsell, Louise ^a   Forbes, Lindsay J L ^a   Burgess, Caroline ^a   Kapari, Marcia ^a   Thurnham, Angela ^a   Ramirez, Amanda J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast neoplasms; Epidemiologic measurement; Psychometrics; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MEASURE; CANCER SCREENING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951667557     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

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