"5 Mins of uncomfyness is better than dealing with cancer 4 a lifetime": An exploratory qualitative analysis of cervical and breast cancer screening dialogue on twitter

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Lyles, Courtney R ^a,b,d   López, Andrea ^a,b   Pasick, Rena ^a,c   Sarkar, Urmimala ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Center for Vulnerable Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammogram; Online social media; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84875683207     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0432-2     Document Type: Article

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