The validity of self-reported cancer screening history and the role of social disadvantage in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lofters, Aisha ^a,b,c   Vahabi, Mandana ^b,d   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Self report; Socioeconomic status; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84924244326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1441-y     Document Type: Article

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