A telephone survey of cancer awareness among frontline staff: Informing training needs

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-345

  Cook, N ^a   Hart, A ^b   Nuttall, K ^c   Simpson, K ^c   Turnill, N ^d   Grant Pearce, C ^c   Damms, P ^e   Allen, V ^f   Slade, K ^g   Dey, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Preston Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Staff Training Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f Jubilee House   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS North Lancashire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; STAFF; SUNBURN; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 79960844660     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.258     Document Type: Review

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