Experience of symptoms indicative of gynaecological cancers in UK women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 882-887

  Low, E L ^a   Simon, A E ^b   Waller, J ^a   Wardle, J ^a   Menon, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883168874     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.412     Document Type: Article

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