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A national cross-sectional study of adherence to timely mammography use in Malta

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Published Online: 2018-03-27

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Marmarà, Danika http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-8759
Marmarà, Vincent

Hubbard, Gill
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Received: 10 September 2017

Accepted: 21 March 2018

First Online: 27 March 2018

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: DM: BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD candidate.VM: BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD.GH: BA (Hons), MSc, PhD, Associate Professor.

: Ethics approval was obtained via an application to the School Research Ethics Committee at the University of Stirling (SREC14/15-Paper No.18v4) and from the Maltese Health Ethics Committee (HEC 02/2015). The research assistant documented consent, which was provided by the participants over the telephone. The research assistant carried this out manually, using paper format to record verbal consent by ticking Yes/No according to the participant’s response. Explaining the study and obtaining consent by telephone facilitated comprehension and reduced the unnecessary burden entailed in a written consent form.

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