Symptom interpretation and health care seeking in ovarian cancer

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Seibaek, Lene ^a,b   Petersen, Lone K ^a   Blaakaer, Jan ^a   Hounsgaard, Lise ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959465633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-31     Document Type: Article

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