Open AccessSocial support and non-participation in breast cancer screening: a Danish cohort study
Author(s) -
Line Flytkjær Jensen,
Anette Fischer Pedersen,
Berit Andersen,
Peter Vedsted
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv051
Subject(s) - danish , breast cancer , cohort , epidemiology , medicine , cohort study , social support , cancer , family medicine , gerontology , oncology , psychology , philosophy , linguistics , psychotherapist
Social support may have an impact on screening participation. We studied the association between social support in 2006, defined as frequencies of contacts, instrumental support and emotional support and participation in breast cancer screening in 2008-09.
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