Social network effects of nonlifesaving early-stage breast cancer detection on mammography rates

S.A. Nowak and A.M. Parker

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 12, 2439-2444

Abstract: Objectives.We estimated the effect of anecdotes of early-stage, screen-detected cancer for which screening was not lifesaving on the demand formammography.

Keywords: breast tumor; decision making; early diagnosis; female; human; mammography; questionnaire; radiography; social support; statistics and numerical data; theoretical model, Breast Neoplasms; Decision Making; Early Detection of Cancer; Female; Humans; Mammography; Models, Theoretical; Social Support; Surveys and Questionnaires (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302153

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