Awareness of cancer and cancer screening by Korean community residents

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4939-4944

  Jo, Heui Sug ^a,c   Kwon, Myung Soon ^b   Jung, Su Mi ^c   Lee, Bo Young ^a,d  

^a Department of Cancer Management Gangwon Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym Polytechnic University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cancer; Cancer prevention; Community; Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84904609326     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.12.4939     Document Type: Article

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