Impact of perceived cancer risk on the cancer screening rate in the general Korean population: Results from the Korean health panel survey data

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 10525-10529

  Kim, Jae Hyun ^a,b   Park, Eun Cheol ^b   Yoo, Ki Bong ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Perception of cancer risk; South korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 84921736126     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.23.10525     Document Type: Article

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