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Cancer screening in a middle-aged general population: factors associated with practices and attitudes

Stéphane Cullati1*, Agathe I Charvet-Bérard2 and Thomas V Perneger1

1 Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil 6, CH – 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland

2 Geneva Foundation for breast cancer screening, Bd de la Cluse 43, CH – 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:118 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-118

Published: 29 April 2009

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Appendices 1 to 3. Appendix 1: Type of cancer screening recommendations for healthy individuals with no risk factors, Switzerland. Appendix 2: Multivariate logistic regression of cancer screening practices in the past 3 years, excluding covariates that reflect attitude toward cancer screening. Appendix 3: Opinions toward cancer screening, among 30–60 year old residents of Geneva, Switzerland, 2004–2005.

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