Journal article
Range of self-tests available to buy in the United Kingdom: an Internet survey.
- Abstract:
-
We aimed to describe the availability in the United Kingdom of self-tests that are used to diagnose or screen for conditions without involving a health professional. A systematic Internet search identified 104 unique self-tests related to 24 named conditions including cancers, chronic conditions and infections. These self-tests require various samples including blood obtained using a lancet. The samples are processed at home with results available in minutes or sent to a laboratory for proces...
Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
Actions
Access Document
- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/pubmed/fdl051
Why is the content I wish to access not available via ORA?
Bibliographic data (the information relating to research outputs) and full-text items (e.g. articles, theses, reports, etc.) arrive in ORA from several different sources. Unfortunately we are not able to make available the full-text for every research output.
Please contact the ORA team (
) if you have queries regarding unavailable content OR if you are aware of a full-text copy we can make available.
) if you have queries regarding unavailable content OR if you are aware of a full-text copy we can make available.
Content may be unavailable for the following four reasons
-
Version unsuitable
-
We have not obtained a suitable full-text for a given research output. See this page for more information.
-
Recently completed
-
Sometimes content is held in ORA but is unavailable for a fixed period of time to comply with the policies and wishes of rights holders.
-
Permissions
-
All content made available in ORA should comply with relevant rights, such as copyright. See this page for more information.
-
Clearance
-
Some thesis volumes scanned as part of the digitisation scheme funded by Dr Leonard Polonsky are currently unavailable due to sensitive material or uncleared third-party copyright content. We are attempting to contact authors whose theses are affected.
Alternative access to the full-text
You may be able to access the full-text directly from the publisher's website using the 'Publisher Copy' link in the 'Links & Downloads' box from a research output's ORA record page. This method may require an institutional or individual subscription to the journal/resource.
Authors
Bibliographic Details
- Journal:
- Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 370-374
- Publication date:
- 2006-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
-
1741-3850
- ISSN:
-
1741-3842
- Source identifiers:
-
205812
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
pubs:205812
- UUID:
-
uuid:0af750b2-7742-465e-bce2-312f2e2d12cd
- Local pid:
- pubs:205812
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
Terms of use
- Copyright date:
- 2006
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record