Ethnic disparities in knowledge of Cancer Screening Programmes in the UK

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Robb, Kathryn ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Stubbings, Sarah ^a   Ramirez, Amanda ^a   Austoker, Joan ^a   MacLeod, Una ^a   Hiom, Sara ^a   Waller, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149251438     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2010.009112     Document Type: Article

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