A qualitative investigation of non-response in NHS health checks

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ellis, Naomi ^a   Gidlow, Christopher ^a   Cowap, Lisa ^a   Randall, Jason ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a,b   Kumar, Jagdish ^c  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^c Havering Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Health check; Mass screening; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927776752     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-015-0064-1     Document Type: Article

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