Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 602, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Sarah M ^a   Murchie, Peter ^a   Devereux, Graham ^b   Johnston, Marie ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^a   Macleod, Una ^c   Nicolson, Marianne C ^b   Powell, Rachael ^d   Ritchie, Lewis D ^a   Wyke, Sally ^e   Campbell, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Health services research; Lung cancer; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCOTLAND; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84865811235     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X654579     Document Type: Article

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