Could screening participation bias symptom interpretation? An interview study on women's interpretations of and responses to cancer symptoms between mammography screening rounds

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Solbjør, Marit ^a   Skolbekken, John Arne ^a   Sætnan, Ann Rudinow ^a   Hagen, Anne Irene ^b   Forsmo, Siri ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NORWAY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84873801937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001508     Document Type: Article

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