A questionnaire to measure melanoma risk, knowledge and protective behaviour: Assessing content validity in a convenience sample of Scots and Australians

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gillespie, Helen S ^a   Watson, Tony ^b   Emery, Jon D ^b   Lee, Amanda J ^a   Murchie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052024669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-123     Document Type: Review

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