Fatalism and cancer screening in Appalachian Kentucky

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Royse, David ^a   Dignan, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; cancer screening; fatalism; health disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952925098     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31820e0d5d     Document Type: Article

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