Prevalence of limited cancer knowledge in Singaporeans, its determinants and association with cancer screening

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 304-305

  Ong, Chin Siang ^a   Ooi, Gideon ^a   Tan, Xin Quan ^a   Lee, Joanne ^a   Koh, Gerald C H ^b   Verkooijen, Helena Marieke ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Knowledge of cancer; Mass Screening; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77952580928     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.02.013     Document Type: Letter

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