Knowledge of lung cancer symptoms and risk factors in the UK: Development of a measure and results from a population-based survey

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-432

  Simon, Alice E ^a   Juszczyk, Dorota ^a   Smyth, Nina ^a   Power, Emily ^a   Hiom, Sara ^b   Peake, Michael D ^c   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84859844224     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200898     Document Type: Article

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