Utilisation of preventative health check-ups in the UK: Findings from individual-level repeated cross-sectional data from 1992 to 2008

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Labeit, Alexander ^a   Peinemann, Frank ^b   Baker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNICITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892611004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003387     Document Type: Article

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