Cancer fatalism: Deterring early presentation and increasing social inequalities?

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2127-2131

  Beeken, Rebecca J ^a   Simon, Alice E ^a   Von Wagner, Christian ^a   Whitaker, Katriina L ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALISM; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEOPLASM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053513801     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0437     Document Type: Article

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