Assessment of a questionnaire for breast cancer case-control studies

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2777-2782

  Strumylaite, Loreta ^a   Kregzdyte, Rima ^a   Rugyte, Danguole Ceslava ^a   Bogusevicius, Algirdas ^a   Mechonosina, Kristina ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

A case control study; A questionnaire; Breast cancer; Criterion validity; Reliability; Test retest

Indexed keywords

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880363138     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.5.2777     Document Type: Article

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