What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dryden, Ruth ^a   Williams, Brian ^b   McCowan, Colin ^c   Themessl Huber, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health checks; Inequalities; Primary care; Public health; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84865538697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-723     Document Type: Review

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